Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

510 stories

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It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

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Relit
ICE snuffs a candle our grief? blazing inferno wick relit: we burn
By Judey Kalchik about 11 hours ago in Poets
The Correct Way to Eat M&Ms
Although there are indeed many ways to eat M&Ms, this Guide will instruct those that find pleasure in learning the best, most enjoyable, and to the mind of the author: the Only Correct Way to consume a packet of M&Ms.
By Judey Kalchik a day ago in Fiction
How to Hydrate A Boomer
The contents of this internal 1989 Manual is proprietary and may not be copied or distributed except with permission of the Collected Offices of Liquid Accompaniments (C.O.L.A.) This manual is intended for internal training and development use only and is subject to all signed Non Disclosure Agreements.
By Judey Kalchik 5 days ago in Fiction
Stealthy Heat
Cold floor freezing toes dark-night-run, sweet relief. Love; My toes find warm feet.
By Judey Kalchik 18 days ago in Poets
Holiday Packages. Top Story - December 2025.
Holidays, both large and small, bring their own kind of baggage-boxes with them. I didn't realize before this week how a holiday, be it religious, national, or personal; they seem to stir my heart to write.
By Judey Kalchik 22 days ago in Writers
No Place Like Gnome. Runner-Up in The Ritual of Winter Challenge.
Winter is coffee, tea, soups, and toast. Toast drenched in butter, swept to the edges and seeping into the heart of each slice. Flannel sheets. Soothing body butters anointing legs that will become parsnip pare under leggings and sweats.
By Judey Kalchik 23 days ago in Humans
Taproot
Seen by most: a weed started from one seed and from that seed, a shoot. * A shoot above, though below in ground, a stubby singlemindedness firmly downbound,
By Judey Kalchik 29 days ago in Poets
Invisible Girl. Runner-Up in Villanelle of Regret Challenge.
You see the whole world from the backseat Don’t draw attention or make a sound If you behave they give you a treat - Keep your clothes clean and neat
By Judey Kalchik about a month ago in Poets
Measurement. Runner-Up in The Forgotten Room Challenge.
Each New Year's Day Mom would line up up against the pantry doorjamb and mark our height. She'd start with whichever child was youngest that year; as the oldest child it was my job to suspend fiddly babies upright (little toes jussst touching the tiles) so that Mom could make a deeply-etched pen mark into the painted wood signifying the top of their baby-scented fontanelle.
By Judey Kalchik about a month ago in Fiction
Pieces
Your face Was on a photo today -seen on my Facebook screen. True, Your hair was covered. You were wearing a costume. I did not know you.
By Judey Kalchik about a month ago in Poets
Vocal Secret?
Here’s the way to be ignored Doesn’t matter the topic or if you’re adored Look like you’re writing about the Lord. # Here’s how to ensure that not a word
By Judey Kalchik 2 months ago in Writers
Take the Back Roads
I was seven years old before I understood that Baby Jesus was the person nailed to the Easter cross and rose from the dead.
By Judey Kalchik 2 months ago in Humans