Issue Six (Mar 2009)
Plastic Forks and Wooden Geta by Kenna Greer
The Judge has frown lines as deep as Maryland mud-ruts, but he must know of magic. He speaks with a gravelly voice, wheels on tarmac, and the world shakes.
The Strength To Bear by Phoebe Harris
Look, I know you’ve got a job to do, but the truth is not everyone’s got a story worth telling. Yeah, I’ve had a nice string of luck in the Arena lately. It’s been six weeks since I lost a match, and three months since I’ve died.
I remember my first moment as Desiree very clearly. I was standing in the shadows behind the left-most door of my high-school, peering out its window at the crowd of exiting students and waiting parents.
A Mother’s Dilemma by Jasmin Nanda
Shammi lay sobbing quietly on the bed as her husband Ravi snored merrily on the other side. In between them, their only daughter Bobby slept peacefully. It was past midnight but Shammi was awake; sleep eluded her for the third night consecutively.