
Literary short stories by established and emerging writers. Lee Montgomery Window Spring was sneaky that year Angela ran away. Sarah Shun-lien Bynum The Bears All of my senses opened in recognition. The mixed scent of newsprint and butter, the muted ticking of the modern cuckoo clock on the wall, the enamel tea kettle gleaming atop the immense stove, the marmalade still sharp in my mouth: home. Jon Chopan Slaughter That was the year it snowed in Baghdad and people thought it was a sign of peace. Daniel Torday A Dispatch from Mt. Moriah My parents weren't the anachronisms that the Sonnensteins were, but they were products of the fifties: men went to work and women worked out the socializing. Caitlin Horrocks Norwegian for Troll After stopping to eat Coney dogs at a place recommended on the internet, they ate more at the Coney shop next door, both founded by immigrant Greek brothers with rival hot dog dynasties. Michael Conforti Tunnels I learned pretty young they always chased the guy who ran, so I did what I could to avoid being that guy. J.P. Lacrampe Caretaking In his chair Jorma sleeps, his eyelids fluttering, and I wonder why his accident didn't hold our family together, like they sometimes do in movies. Peter Sipe Civil Affairs Rwandan soldiers, noted for their relative discipline and skill, were everywhere. Kigali was, for an African city, a pretty orderly place. Bob Shacochis Interview by Kevin Rabalais A lot of us had been arrested in anti-war demonstrations at our schools. Then those kids all got summer intern jobs at the C.I.A. Sean Bernard Museum of Me Mid-life crisis is my dad's dumb theory. I think she's mad, mad that I'm my own woman, mad that boys like me, mad that I don't give her attention the way I used to. Analisa Raya-Flores The Boys Like Bones The thing about anaphylaxis is it isn't just physiological. The allergy a
Page Count:
328
Publication Date:
2015-04-01
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