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It only mattered that I was beautiful.
23 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
My little sister sits on the bed paging through a glossy magazine full of shiny pink lips. “You’re not really going to go see him, are you?” she asks. POCKETS FULL OF PROMISES BY BLUE KIRKPATRICK 34TH...
I received a letter from him about a beautiful Afghan girl, and her photograph. She was indeed an exotic beauty.
22 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
She was a beggar and that is how he met her. He wrote that he wanted to free her from the tyranny and exploitation of her parents by paying them a bride price.In his next letter he asked me to lend hi...
Gary was ruining my life.
20 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
Writing has taken to acting as a camera for moments where plain pictures will not suffice. Instead of running away and finding fantasy in the different worlds fortified by gates of words, I now turn t...
His mother gripped his hand. “You lost some of that part, Eddie, in your accident. It’s not your fault.”
16 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
Later, he heard her on the phone saying to his sister, Corinne, “He lost that part of the brain that evolved to calculate the consequences of actions.” Corinne, a county prosecutor, called Eddie and t...
A woman must have money and a room of her own, says Virginia Woolf. But a room just doesn’t feel like enough. I need more.
15 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
What have I done with my life? Where am I going, really? I have no credit, my business is a money-suck failure. I’m overweight, so it’s not like I can catch a rich one now to just own me and leave me ...
Roxy leans her bloodied face against the doorpost. The phone?
14 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
I have to tell you something, Roxy says. She takes hold of Maddalena’s hands. They stare into each other’s eyes. ANGEL LOVE BY BEN HARDWELL 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 61 The desert stretches to the f...
She could barely make out the maple only 20 feet away.
13 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
She began to pace and time wore on, one agonizingly slow minute after the next, and the white world darkened, closing in. WINTER FORECAST BY TERI MAYOR 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 42 The snow-burdened...
Please, someone answer. I can’t face the dark by myself.
09 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
I never really understood why my Father didn’t want me so I blamed everyone in my life. I blamed the people who loved me because my father didn’t. SHE SEES A LIGHT BY DANIEL BRUGIONI 34THPARALLEL MAGA...
Have gun. Give your money.
08 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read
“Wait!” Carl shouted. “You want money? I’ll hire you.” RONNIE AND THE NIGHT CLERK BY JOHN PALMER 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 89 Ronnie entered the convenience store at 4am, a navy hoodie pulled up ove...
Listen to the surf. I could lie here, lie here with you forever.
06 Sep 2021 • < 1 min read • 2 1
Darling, you can’t expect everything to be perfect from the start. STARTING AGAIN BY LINDSAY SMITH 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 89 Aster lies there listening. The waves crash on the beach in a dull roa...
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