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NEW STORY: Marissa Ramirez can have health insurance or privacy. Not both. (Visual storytelling, free to read.)
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The wristband arrived in a white box with watercolor leaves printed on the sides. Inside: one black band, one glossy brochure, one QR code on cardstock. Computer-generated cursive designed to look per...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
NEW STORY: Marissa Ramirez can have health insurance or privacy. Not both. (Visual storytelling, free to read.)
maexmaya.com/stories/were...
maexmaya.com/stories/were...
Sofía paints her face like the dead and tells ghost stories for tips. The tourists want Mexican Halloween—spooky but safe. Meanwhile, ICE raids happen ten minutes away, and her cousin's daughters are asking when mom is coming home. (7,200 words, free to read)
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Mexican Halloween — maexmaya
'I never would have bought something from Shein,' one of the Frida Kahlos is saying to her friend. She’s holding a painter’s palette and brush. 'But they have a Frida Kahlo license and it’s so importa...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Sofía paints her face like the dead and tells ghost stories for tips. The tourists want Mexican Halloween—spooky but safe. Meanwhile, ICE raids happen ten minutes away, and her cousin's daughters are asking when mom is coming home. (7,200 words, free to read)
maexmaya.com/stories/mexi...
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Can I tell you a story? I've missed making things for the sake of making them, and sharing them for the sake of sharing them. So I built maexmaya.com to share my short stories, experimental fiction, and thoughts.
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Once upon a time, before the platforms ate everything, the internet was different.
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January 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Can I tell you a story? I've missed making things for the sake of making them, and sharing them for the sake of sharing them. So I built maexmaya.com to share my short stories, experimental fiction, and thoughts.
How to make a great first impression: realize immediately after submitting a piece of writing to a journal that you uploaded the draft instead of the final version.
May 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
How to make a great first impression: realize immediately after submitting a piece of writing to a journal that you uploaded the draft instead of the final version.