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Brown, Orange, and Beige Like Caramel

By | 2018-04-03T15:50:34-07:00 April 5th, 2018|Categories: Issue 59: 05 April 2018|Tags: , , , |

By Alexander Schuhr   “Maybe you want to play with him,” the woman says, leading the little girl toward a toddler sitting in the sand. The boy doesn’t need anybody to play with. He is completely absorbed with his task of shoveling sand into a bucket. Nevertheless, this woman seems terribly eager to see her girl [...]

Of Gas and Guilt

By | 2017-08-27T11:35:25-07:00 August 31st, 2017|Categories: Issue 38: 31 Aug 2017|Tags: , |

By Alexander Schuhr   My grandfather farted a lot. Sometimes it took as little as rising from a chair or a slight adjustment of his position and he’d let one fly. In my preadolescent years, I used to burst into laughter. And why not? Among my classmates, a thunderous salute called for proper acknowledgement. Embarrassment was [...]