Birds-Eye-View is a collection of hidden excerpts from the MHG archives. Unpublished, unrevised, raw work posted everyday. Every morning since 2010 I have been writing three hand-written pages a day. Yellow legal pads are hidden in all the crevices of my house and I'm running out of places to hide. Birds-Eye-View is my attempt at sharing moments from these pages. For those of you looking for eclectic content from the inner sanctum of a woman—follow the birds. If you would like to donate to the continued publication of Birds-Eye-View send donation via Cash App to $MelissaHunterGurney or Venmo @gambaforest. ~ MHG

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Florida Cormorant

She assured him that she knew the smell of death and that death was wafting out from beneath the sink.

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Louisiana Heron

Maybe for one hundred years all we are trying to do is hide.

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White Pelican

The boredom of existing in a world she never created or agreed to.

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Purple Heron

She could see him chewing now, thinking about the juice, reveling in the sound of each squirt.

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Artwork from the Audubon Archives for now — Melissa Hunter Gurney's birds coming soon.

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