Read Guest Editor Juan Martinez’s introduction
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Mom says they are going on a vacation, just the two of them, but Henry knows it isn’t because they are packing in … Read the rest
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Mom says they are going on a vacation, just the two of them, but Henry knows it isn’t because they are packing in … Read the rest
Puckett started to pick up his cane, then left it where it lay as a gesture of faith. Down the elevator, … Read the rest
The medevac choppers usually stopped coming when the snow vanished in spring. The ski resort behind us was rundown — the lift towers, … Read the rest
I’m deeply in love. I’m very shy. I love Rebecca. I don’t dare tell her.
I’ve written it on a piece of paper, but I … Read the rest
Tonight, walking in the pouring rain on the Avenue, I went searching for the answer to a question for which I had no words. Though now that I … Read the rest
Kevin McIlvoy—who went by “Mc” (pronounced Mac)—was one of the most extraordinary writers, teachers, and human beings I’ve ever known, and I was crushed to hear about his … Read the rest
Our son returned to the mountaintop dirt-stained and soaking wet, no backpack, his clothes torn with jagged maws of fabric, blond hair in a muddy clump. As he … Read the rest
CW: Conflict Zone Violence
After guerilla training in the mountains, our sons came back with machine guns and grenades, their cheeks … Read the rest
I once watched my friend fall from a height of thirty stories and live. Well, not live, but you know what I mean.
At first I … Read the rest
The widower paid for the abortion, but he wouldn’t come with her. Olive called Susannah from the clinic after it was all over. Olive spoke into the phone and … Read the rest