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Fiction - Year V - Number 29 - October 2019

    DIGNITY OF A DOG by Mizuno Senko, translated by Marissa Skeels

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    DIGNITY OF A DOGBy Mizuno SenkoTranslated from Japanese by Marissa Skeels “You. Does anything bother you about the way your husband is?” Yoshino whipped around to face me.“Me?” I was mortified. I’d not said a...

    LIVE A MILE by John Abraham

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    LIVE A MILEBy John Abraham "Thank you both for coming today. It was brave deciding to take up with the machine rather than being forced. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hampton, please remove your glasses, and all...

    LUCAS PARRA by Jose Recio

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    LUCAS PARRABy Jose Recio  It’s the year 2010, and Lucas Parra can’t wait to be there! He’s returning to his old town in Spain, where he was born and raised. His parents immigrated to America...

    THE SPECTRUM OF GREATNESS by Jared Alexander

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    THE SPECTRUM OF GREATNESSBy Jared Alexander Introduction The South Side Bandits were a Chicago-based youth organization football team. John O'Reilly, a retired blue-collar worker with balding hair and green eyes, coached the team, yet the athletes...

    NOTE TO THE CHILDREN by Claudia Geagan

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    NOTE TO THE CHILDRENby Claudia Geagan For Reese, for Randall in heaven, for Betsy, Helen, Carol and you too Patti-Cake, April 21.This is one letter from Dad for everybody so you all get the same words. ...

    STALKING CHORE by Joshua Eric Swedlow

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    STALKING CHOREby Joshua Eric Swedlow A one-story house on a familiar street in the early morning can be seen as the sun rises.  Light shines in a soft haze on the dew and mist hanging...

    COMPANION by Mark Hurtubise

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    COMPANIONby Mark Hurtubise In a small round city park, Timothy, an almost unconditionally-loved young boy, frequently played alone under 16 oak trees sharing the perimeter with eight wooden picnic tables. Unlike imaginations around him, he...

    ZAMBONI PUDDLE by Joe Miller

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    ZAMBONI PUDDLEby Joe Miller “Can’t now,” she says. “You’re going to have to take him.”He knows an extra shift for Stacey means time and a half, and extra cash for them, but the alternative feels...

    WOLF BENEATH THE WAVES by Sandra Gould Ford

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    WOLF BENEATH THE WAVESBy Sandra Gould Ford  The brick-red Jeep Wrangler cruised beside the icy river, kicking up great sprays of snow. The driver, Peyton Granville, said, “Guess we missed the salt trucks.” Peyton was...

    MELANCHOLY by Dell R. Lipscomb

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    MELANCHOLYby Dell R. Lipscomb “I got an application from somebody at Alton Diabetic Supplies,” Paige stated. “Lanesha Timmons. She listed you as a reference.”It took a few moments for Louisa Barrow to remember her erstwhile...