“Learning at nine years old that there was no such thing as a circus boat was more devastating to Dmytro than discovering a few years earlier that Santa Claus didn’t exist…”
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Read “A Good Reason to Cry” by B. B. Garin
https://t.co/7OZcBph06J
Our editor Brian Mihok aka @brainhawk answers some lit mag related questions at The Village, @SmokeLong's online community site!
Link to interview:
https://t.co/WEgGHpEQjM
To join The Village (free!):
https://t.co/CO9UTAHUmb
"We see the yellow sign in the distance. 9:00 PM. One hour till close, but Cheryl—she works this shift—usually starts drinking around 9:30 and locks the doors by 9:45."
New fiction: "Do You Have Friends in Dollar Land?" by Grace Crouthamel
https://t.co/XOMmJR1U0y
"Granny invites the bees to her funeral. She stands behind our cottage, facing the velvet hills, the blueberry sky."
New fiction: "Bees, Bees, You're Invited to My Funeral" by Sage Tyrtle
https://t.co/oJvm8Cxz0N
"Maybe this funeral director directed funerals as a kid, placing shiny pennies on the unblinking eyes of his sister’s dolls..."
New fiction: "An Unlikely Crucifixion" by Gabriel Moseley
https://t.co/tSdWVGwboM
"We gathered them at dusk, brittle casings caught in the mesh of the fence, clinging to tomato vines, tucked beneath the lip of the porch railing."
New fiction: "A Million Demented Cicades" by Sarp Sozdinler aka @sarpsozdinler
https://t.co/Sz03ZT823f
"If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter..."
New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre
https://t.co/43MZ88cY1e
"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle aka @katelavelle
https://t.co/uH9LkGhL4z
"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances."
New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @DianeGotAuthor
https://t.co/sLVHHxBfED
“The coat closet at Aunt Belinda’s was always colder than the rest of the house.”
New fiction: “So Then We Planted Her a Rosebush” by Kathryn Kulpa aka @KathrynKulpa
https://t.co/IIlEvkhh7t