Leisure Suite

By K.B. Nelson Look down at the fractalflounce of my bohodress as I step throughmy day. Absurd to workin such a skirt, my officechair wheels would coil the edges upinto themselves til I’d be foundneatly bound to the chair. Swirl to the weekend beat.Sashay to the piano,take a stab at…

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Top 10

Top 10 Short Stories I Wish My English Teacher Had Made Me Read By Joel Fishbane  10. “The Colonel Say I Love You” by Sergei Dovlatov 9.   “Sins of the Third Age” by Nadine Gordimer 8.   “Familiar Usage in Leningrad” by Tom Cole 7.   “Novostroika” by Maria Reva 6.   “Dave Cooks the Turkey” by Stuart McLean   5.  “No One Writes to…

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Hunger

By Sheryl Guterl She shyly covers her breastwith a tattered blanket,smiles at the infant,who searches, eyes closed, mouth open,for his nourishment.she sighs when the baby latches on,and only then looks up to meet my stare. I look away, embarrassedby my bold gape,amazed at this miracle of beautyhere—in a cheap motel…

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