RC Hopgood

RC Hopgood was born in Puerto Rico, and lived in Texas, Mexico, NYC and Colorado. He has a BFA from Rice University and is the author of “Bellows: Fables from the Musical Underground,” (Hmm, 2013) and a year-long 52 entry blog about his upbringing in Puerto Rico, “Cuentos del Barrio Machuchal” (2014-2015). His words have appeared in The Non-Alignment Pact, Drunk Monkeys, SPOT, Plasmotica, and elsewhere. Currently, he lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Maria Collins used to be so childish, such a baby. Oh yeah, she was going to change the world, take down the man, destroy the machine, let freedom bells ring and then tra-la-la happily ever… never. Such kiddie fantasies. Juvenile righteousness… Right. Juvenile stupidity is more like it. She kicks off her worn-out blanket, sits up and adjusts the straps on the leg, and ties up her boots as tight as she can.
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