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​Chris Clemens teaches in Toronto where he lives with his wonderful family, surrounded by raccoons. His writing has appeared in Apex Magazine, Invisible City Literary Magazine, Black Hare Press, Hungry Shadow Press, The Dribble Drabble Review, Shacklebound Books, 101 Words, The Horror Tree, The Mad River, Polar Borealis, Fairfield ScribesMICRO, Apex Book Company, Witcraft, The Drabblecast, and JAKE Magazine, and is forthcoming elsewhere.

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Interview with Chris Clemens
about his story "Paid Attention"
Honorable Mention for The Scribes Prize

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​​What inspired this piece?

Remember when Kanye West gifted Kim Kardashian a hologram presentation of her dead dad going on about what a great son-in-law Kanye was? Gross.

​What draws you to the micro-fiction format?

Unlike everything else, my micro stories actually get finished. So basically it's the ONLY format.

​If you could continue writing your story after these 100 words, what would happen next?

It might be interesting to see how much nicer the Premium experience really is...

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