Fresh Bones by D.K. McCutchen

by D.K. McCutchen “The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge, and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale’s...

The Tricycle Personality Test by Gabriella Herkert

by Gabriella Herkert Tricycle technique molds personality. I know it sounds crazy but I think it’s a theory with some merit. It’s actually my mother’s hypothesis. Granted, she’s the same person who suggested sticking my toe in a hollowed potato...

A Conversation With Richard Currey by Andrew Gifford

Andrew Gifford of the Santa Fe Writers Project joined Richard Currey in January 2003 for a conversation about the writing life: “musical” composition, the genetic need for stories, Currey’s “holistic” view of literature’and...

By Way of Water by Charlotte Gullick

by Charlotte Gullick SFWP’s 2001 Awards Program grand prize winner, Charlotte Gullick, was published by Penguin in August of 2002. The following is an excerpt from By Way of Water Read more about Charlotte. * * * Justy stood at the window, thinking about the...

So Loud It Hurt by Tom Waltz

by Tom Waltz At 8:43 p.m., on December 31st, 1999, Candice “Candy” Martin started drinking. She uncorked one of the two bottles of her favorite White Zinfandel’which she’d lined up on the kitchen table’and topped off the first...