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March/April 2009  Volume 3  Issue 3                                                                                                               
                                                                  
 
 
A Magazine of Short Fiction Delights!  
  
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Fiction

Love Me No More  Brenda Moguez

I time traveled over our years together and thought about all those lonely nights I waited for you.  As I poured that last drop of Champagne, the clock struck midnight...

 

Raindrops and Teardrops  Trish Dolasinski

Her mother’s almost-too-casual tone made her suspicious—the words that followed made her stomach ache.  

 

Ohmygod It’s like My Pom-Pom Barbara Altamirano

There’s a package here for me...it might be a present from Jimmy.  My husband is just the sweetest.  Maybe I shouldn’t have slept with his friend Mike yesterday. 

 

Blizzard  Bonnie McCune

I rolled into Denver at three in the morning, my old Volvo limping on a semi-flat tire and leaking anti-freeze like a rusty can. 

 

 

 

Articles

 

Revamping Your Wardrobe...  Christine Stoddard

If you didn’t fall asleep in American history class, you’ll know that the 1920’s represented an era of great wealth in this country---and great wealth (usually) translates into great fashion.

 

...Guide to Meeting Men on Craigslist  Liz Doherty

Whether you’re looking for sex, romance or true love, you can quickly and easily fill your email box with dozens of responses from men who want to meet you with a simple, well-expressed Craigslist post. 

 

 

 

Fiction

Chasing Ernest  Barbra Annino

I was always picking Jessie up. Like when she was five years old and our father kicked her down the stairs, I picked her up.

 

Better Boobs  Mark Barkawitz

“How do you like my new boob, Mike?” Kelly smiled as I approached her on the front porch of her Sierra Madre cottage.  She stuck her left one forward for me to inspect. 

 

Flushed  Khadijah Ali-Coleman

A bathroom break was the only acceptable means of escape during the day. In her stall she could be all the things she felt she wasn't when she left the bathroom's walls.

 

Flowers and Fried Chicken  Courtney R. Wick

My sister and my mother fight like they will live forever, because they are the same person split only by cells and decades. 

 

 

 

 

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