"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Excerpts:Gregory J. Wolos Boy Strangling Goose But the terrifying, breathtaking span of those spread wings had stopped Reilly dead--he couldn't even raise his cane against the wild thing's attack. Andra Nicolescu The Dead Romanians have this weird thing about the dead, you see. Until the twenty-first century, we kept them in our living rooms. We couldn't let them go. Who wants t ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Lee Montgomery Window Spring was sneaky that year Angela ran away. Sarah Shun-lien Bynum The Bears All of my senses opened in recognition. The mixed scent of newsprint and butter, the muted ticking of the modern cuckoo clock on the wall, the enamel tea kettle gleaming atop the immense stove, the marmalade still sharp in my mouth: home. Jon Chopan Slaughter That was the year it s ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Excerpts:David McDannaldStealing Chickens I don't know why he said such things. You have a principle of being honest and then there's the hard reality of your mother having a heart attack. R. Cross Glioblastoma "You're totally f--ed." "As in dying?" "As in that, yes." Wesley Straton Earthquake Whisky When he tells these stories, they could be from someone else's life: in New Zea ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writersExcerpts: Peter Parsons No One There, No One to Talk to, Nothing to Say I feel I have to bless everyone else I know who has died, and I start naming grandparents, relatives, friends, and how about those who haven't died. Alicia Oltuski Let's Take It from the Top "Don't call Dom," my father said to me. I wished he hadn't. Dom had known what to do the time Dad forgot how to swallow ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Laura van den Berg Antarctica "You want to know the truth?" Luiz said. "Your brother was a beaker." "A what?" "A beaker. A scientist who can't get along with others." Joseph O'Malley The Manly Man's Guide to Virtue "I'm not some ... Hallmark card up here spouting easy nostrums for your benefit. You're all ugly, too. We're all ugly. But we each have a tiny part of us where beau ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writersExcerpts:Lee Montgomery Torture Techniques of North Americans I opened the door and stepped inside. All the sounds grew into themselves as if I had just dipped my head underwater. Everywhere I looked, all I could see was where our lives left off. Peter Ho Davies Chance There was a chance the baby was normal. There was a chance the baby was not. Clayton Luz When the Wind Blows the ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Karen Malley Roof Dog "You fell perfectly. If everyone fell like that no one would ever get hurt." "I hit my head. That hurt." "You have a strong head. You're American. You drink a lot of milk." Sanja Jagesic Bibby Challenge I don't like how my mom packs me homemade bread for lunch. All the German students have nice sliced brown store-bought bread. I throw my lunch away most day ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Tim Raymond Come Running "Oh, that little blue blanket from the plane! I've never seen those in real life. Out and about. You know what I mean." Zehra Nabi Cowkiller The banker was driving down Sir Syed Road when a cow ran across the street. The banker killed the cow. Cowkiller, cowkiller, cowkiller, the five surviving cows thought as they stood at the side of the road. Matthew ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Excerpts:Adam Soto The Box And Teenesee says, "Yes, I am the woman who appears when grown men cry out for their mothers. I am the ferryman who rows them to the other side." Aurora Brackett Beginnings My mom had been in the hospital a long time. She says her parents were trying to hide her away until the sixties were over, until Carter was in office. Lillian Li Parts of Summer He ..."
"... Ann Pancake ' Peter Parsons • Roy Parvin • Karenmary Penn • Susan Perabo •
Dawn Karima Pettigrew • Constance Pierce •William Pierce • Steven Polansky '
John Prendergast 'Jessica Printz • Melissa Pritchard • E. Annie Proulx ' Eric
Puchner • Kevin Rabalais 'Jonathan Raban • George Rabasa • Margo Rabb •
Mark Rader • Paul Rawlins 'Yelizaveta P. Renfro • Nancy Reisman • Linda
Reynolds • Kurt Rheinheimer • Anne Rice • Michelle Richmon ..."
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.Nye • Ron Nyren 'Joyce Carol Oates 'Tim O'Brien 'Vana O'Brien • Mary O'Dell •
Chris Offutt 'Jennifer Oh • Laura Oliver • Felicia Olivera 'Thomas O'Malley •
Stewart O'Nan • Elizabeth Oness • Karen Outen • Mary Overton • Patricia Page •
Ann Pancake • Peter Parsons • Roy Parvin • Karenmary Penn • Susan Perabo •
Dawn Karima Pettigrew • Constance Pierce • S ..."
"Gorgeous short stories by established and emerging fiction writers. This issue includes the winners of Glimmer Train's 2001 Fiction Open and Very Short Fiction Award."
"Great new literary short stories by established and emerging writers. Unusual focus on the writer as well as on the writing. Perfect for writers who love to read."
"... JeffBecker 'Janet Belding • Sallie Bingham • Knsten Birchett « Melanie Bishop • James Carlos Blake • Corinne Demas Bliss ... Kuffel • Anatoly Kurchatkin • Victoria Lancelotta • Jennifer Levasseur • Doug Lawson • Don Lee • Peter Lefcourt • Jon ... R. Kevin Maler • George Manner • Jana Martin • Lee Martin • Alice Mattison • Jane McCafferty • Judith McClain • Cammie ... Laura Oliver • Felicia Ohvera • Stewart O'Nan • Elizabet ..."
"Glimmer Train, Winter 1998, Issue 25: Stories156 pp. Glimmer Train is an American literary journal founded in 1990 by Linda-Swanson Davies and her sister, Susan Burmeister-Brown, in Portland, Oregon. It is published quarterly, accepting works primarily from emerging writers. Stories published in Glimmer Train have been listed as notables in The Best American Short Stories, as well as appearing in recent editions of the Pushcart Prize, a ..."
"Winter 1997 Issue 21 Stories by Cyril Jones-Kellett, Doug Lawson, Nancy Reisman, Joan Wickersham, Kristen Birchett, Kurt Mc Ginnis Brown, George Clark"