SPIDER Photo Courtesy of Julian Gobel 0:00 / 0:00 Spider MacQueen’s Quinterly published my flash fiction, Spider. You may read it in the journal. Or, here below. A medium-sized spider climbed her husband’s pant leg, his obscenely expensive pant leg. The Brioni suit had cost $4,500. When Preston’s second wife grumbled about the charge on their credit card, he […]
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SEARCHING FOR ARTHUR’S STONE Photo Credit Simon Godfrey This story was first published in the Virginia Quarterly Review. Between grief and nothing I will take grief. William Faulkner Rain splattered against the windshield of the van. The glass fogged. Meg fumbled with buttons on the unfamiliar dashboard, trying to find the defrost. After turning on
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REQUIEM FOR ONE TUBA Photo Courtesy of Nathan Bingler This short story was published by the Virginia Quarterly Review. You can read it below or at VQR. REQUIEM IN B Flat MAJOR FOR ONE TUBA The old lady stood so close I felt her hot breath on my neck. Her cramped apartment was filled
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TRIAGEA SHORT STORY Photo Courtesy of Daniel Ramierez My short story, TRIAGE, won first place in THE HOOK fiction contest. You can read it below. TRIAGE Thursday Night (Emma) Upstairs in bed, Emma hears the front door creak. She stiffens. It’s Alex coming in late. She listens to him open the refrigerator. Something tumbles
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IN DARKNESS AS IN LIGHT Painting by John Nicolay My short fiction just won first place in the Virginia Writers BLUE NIB contest and was published in the Journal of the Blue Ridge 2022. You can read it below. (Warning: the story deals with both domestic and child abuse.) IN DARKNESS AS IN LIGHT The
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GRAVITY Photo Courtesy of Across the Margin A literary journal called Across the Margin just published my short story, Gravity. You can read it down below. However, the journal is so interesting and the graphics are so cool, I suggest you take a look at it online. *** Marilyn’s last sight before dropping dead on the steaming
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JFK, DADDY AND MEA SHORT STORY November 22, 2016 marks the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. JFK, Daddy and Me is a short story I’ve written that is set during that week. (Originally published in Skyline Anthology 2015.) Please read below. Late at night, in my small bedroom, by the soft yellow
THE ARITHMETIC OF LOVE Image Courtesy of Streetlight Magazine Streetlight Magazine just released a dramatic performance of my short story, The Arithmetic of Love, read by voice actor, Joe Guay. The story is about how a woman re-builds her life after domestic abuse. Some content may not be suitable for young ears. Here is a link to
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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL MOLD My short story, Our Lady of Perpetual Mold, has just won Best of Fiction 2015 in Across the Margin. Read it here. Or below. Mattie wrote with a black marker on the back of a large torn envelope: Dear Friends and Family, I am tired. I am very tired. She
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WHEN LUCKY UNDERWEAR IS NOT ENOUGH My short story has just been published in a literary journal. Please click HERE if you’d like to read it. (Photo by Jen Fariello)Deborah Prum’s fiction has appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review, Across the Margin, Streetlight and other outlets. Her essays air on NPR member stations and have appeared in The Washington
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