<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[coraline-may]]></title><description><![CDATA[coraline-may]]></description><link>https://coralinemay.wixsite.com/blog/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:46:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://coralinemay.wixsite.com/blog/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[First Frost - Andrei Vosnesensky]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vosnesensky’s “First Frost” is a delicately phrased response to a girl’s first heartbreak. 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It tells the story of how these...]]></description><link>https://coralinemay.wixsite.com/blog/post/bloodlust</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68643e77a535475640a7cc9b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:01:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coraline-may</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[farms for city children]]></title><description><![CDATA[binded by the thick, syrupy sunlight, two ten-year old girls interlace their hands, meandering steadily behind their group through unmown...]]></description><link>https://coralinemay.wixsite.com/blog/post/farms-for-city-children</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683b63f9fcb48d92d08377c3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 20:23:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coraline-may</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scalded]]></title><description><![CDATA[The amount of pressure put on young people pursuing academia, in honesty, is appalling. 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I can smell his fear, I am attuned to his terror.   Dark alleys are...]]></description><link>https://coralinemay.wixsite.com/blog/post/deer-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67508c800bf0f92acec81eae</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:17:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coraline-may</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Uncanny]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bright white clinical lighting beams down, consistent and unfaltering, not a dark corner in the room. Swarms of identical white coats...]]></description><link>https://coralinemay.wixsite.com/blog/post/the-uncanny</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67227d58036590cae368864a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:59:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coraline-may</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renaissance of the Fang]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stale air casts a lazy haze inviting the presence of the moon, a bluish tint to the stars' blurred glow. 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