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FEATURED: SPRING 2012
These hot winds, the Santa Anas, blow through Southern California every fall. Angry, they arrive, kick dust in our eyes, rip fronds from palm trees—the earth tossed, drained, and ripe for fire...
FICTION
Chad Start was the shortest boy in high school. He was also the first to grow a moustache, spotty and sparse like the fur of a sick dog.
NON-FICTION
Rented her the suite, half-price, best rooms in the hotel. Five weeks ago.
FICTION
I look over at the piano. The bench is pushed in, the keys are still. Its upright face is dark wood and the keyboard is open.
FICTION
“I saw a guy eat his booger today,” said Josh. “Well, a booger from his eye, anyway.”
FICTION
Ladd Callander was not anxious to witness the birth of his first grandchild. The presence of the grandfather in the delivery room was not a Callander tradition.
FICTION
Sheila opens the screen door and steps outside with a blue pitcher of pink lemonade and a stack of gold tin glasses.
FICTION
Mel’s father, Judge Royden Bickle, was seated at his usual table in the Men’s Grill of the Georgetown Club...
EDITOR'S NOTE
Spring 2012, Issue 2
There’s a great Italian term, chiaroscuro (meaning “light-dark”), used in the art world. It refers to the use of contrasting tones of light and dark to suggest volume, shape, dimensionality. Rembrandt made wonderful use of it...
reviews, opinions & more
NEWS & NOTES
Vonnegut’s Advice, Nathan Zuckerman, Pynchon's Doodles, and Competitive ReadingApril 4, 2012
more from the magazine
POETRY SPOTLIGHT
She waded in the shallow end, / debating whether or not, / she could keep going.
Q+A
Jessica Lynne HenkleApril 15, 2012
Read our interview with Jessica Lynne Henkle, the author of Fire Season.
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