Author: phoebejournal

Centralia

Mandy Clark   A boy named Todd is taking a shortcut through his grandmother’s yard one day in 1981. He is twelve years old, and he lives twelve miles down Pennsylvania’s Route 61 from where...

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Grouping

Caroline Chavatel   Around the corner, a photograph of a painting of a meteorite and behind it, a childhood swirled into color. The debris is the art, surviving impact. Outside is a security...

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Morphology

Jessica Lee   As a child, I called all beautiful creatures she: mallard         ducks with emerald heads, male peacocks with their royal trains. All caterpillars, likewise, were women,...

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[THE HAND A COMET, BEHIND HER TWO PLANETS]

Rion Amilcar Scott   Dearest Slumlord, I watched a most disturbing video the other day. It was a rare moment when the internet worked (yes, I know, not your fault unlike our water which is here...

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Engine

Megan Cummins   He sits down next to me at the bar of the sushi restaurant where I’m waiting for my take-out. With a sideways glance I realize he’s old enough to drink but just barely. So...

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Feeding Strays

2017 Fiction Award Winner, Chosen by Patricia Park Ashley Morrow Hermsmeier   Greer pulled a strip of rubbery, partially chewed chicken from her mouth and tossed it onto the saggy porch. “I...

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Controlling Chaos

Kat McDonald Photography and photoshop. Kat McDonald is a Junior Communications Design Major at Pratt Institute and has an interest in mixing medias and creating new systems of art. Contact the...

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Issue 11.4, Summer 1982

Table of Contents Fiction Allan Morris, “Old Ghosts” James Nichols, “The Good Life” Howard Smith, “Calling Home, for John Gardner“ Poetry Simon Perchik...

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Issue 11.2&3, Spring 1982

Table of Contents Features Four Poems by Simon Perchik Bob Pielke, “The Interview” “Creative Effects: Black & White Insight” Five Poems by Robert A. Zupkus Fiction Brad...

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Issue 19.1&2, Fall 1989

Table of Contents Poetry Ayelet Tabak, “(Untitled)” Candace Black, “Crossing the Borders” Naomi Thiers, “Leaving Esteli in Dust” Greg Grummer, “Hell”...

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