Vol. 2, Issue 22
The counters = balance beam + monkey bars + dance studio. One kid per counter, four counters per kitchen, we stand four feet over the linoleum facing each other and start the countdown. Flinging our hair back for luck, we grip a cupboard handle with each palm and pull.
From Colleen Maynard’s Flash Fiction “Counters”
Joy | Photography
As a child, I often fled from the prejudice of white classmates and took solace in nature, where I could hold onto the sacred knowledge that beauty existed still in a few untainted corners of the world.
The Lightness of Water and Other Stories | Book Review
In this riveting debut collection, winner of the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, debut writer Rhonda Browning White offers compelling portraits of Appalachia that extend all the way to Florida and reach back across time eighty or so years. While sometimes there is melodrama, as there is in real life, the stories crackle with authenticity, perceptiveness, intelligence and, occasionally, some welcome wit.
Counters | Fiction
Our reward for finishing chores are in dinged up plastic cases from the library. The movies star talking dogs, rarely dinosaurs. They have funny white lesbians instead of Jim Carey or Eddie Murphy. We’ll watch the other movies at friends’ houses later. Kissing our foreheads, Mom says Use your best judgement. Don’t use knives. Or climb the counters.
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