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Isaac
by Josh Allsop
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
On the March
by Jack Harvey
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
Useful Things
by Lisa Kaufman
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
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Trust the Path
by Alexandra Panic
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
In my artistic calendar, the new year starts on the first day of October. And every time, even though the past experiences taught me to anticipate what would follow, the second half of September, which embodies the fear of the transformation before the change of …
map Macro-Fiction
San Francisco Streets, an excerpt from Illuminations on Market Street
by Benjamin Shepard
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
“My whole life was a series of fade-ins and fade-outs…” Stephen Vizinczey, In Praise of Older Women, 1966 The first time I saw Julie, she was walking onto the elevator at the gym in the financial district. We were both going up. Leaning back …
What Every Man Needs
by Mark Crimmins
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
She catches me among the Penguins and the Puffins. A nondescript lady in a black jacket, a long black skirt, and a small black straw Panama hat. She stands uncomfortably close to me as I scan the discount tables. Her glasses have thick dark frames …
Going Shopping
by Ronan Keenan
Issue No. 257 ~ October, 2018
This was his first time going to a shopping center with just Dad. Even though the shopping center was near their home, Mam never went here. Dad said this place was good enough. It was dark, and the car park was nearly empty. The boy …