Anamnesis
By Cindy King Issue 78 I remember the last time I had fish. It was at a waterfront restaurant with my mother decades ago. I ordered a cocktail. My mother brought her own— a pharmacological rainbow she shook from what looked to me like a little plastic coffin. It was a Saturday or Sunday when […]
My People
By Isabelle Mongeau Issue 78 My mother wouldn’t look at me. She washed my father’s yogurt bowl in the sink, her back to me, while I fidgeted in the doorway. The words screamed in my mind: Turn around, goddammit. Won’t you hug me? Won’t you say something? Mom, please. Please. The plea died as she […]
Nine Parties from Before Rent Was Too High
by Phoebe Oathout Issue 78 Do You Know Her was a party at permanent risk of devolving into group therapy, a freak show fat with winos and gorgeous transvestites. Every Tuesday, nine to midnight, the regulars came to play their part. Mork worked the door. Sweet Bee played host. Roy covered the bar, and Delilah […]