2004 SFWP Literary Awards Program Prizewinner by J. M. Schuster From the Prologue After six years in the minor leagues, Edward Everett Yates gets called up to the St. Louis Cardinals; in his first appearance, the team inserts him as a pinch hitter for injured Lou...
2004 SFWP Literary Awards Program Prizewinner by Bethany Harvey Darcy’s been alone long enough to get good at it. She’s the only woman in her family to have passed twenty-five without being married at least once. Men leave her alone. She figures this has...
At home, Darcy takes off her shoes and socks and empties her pockets of keys and knife and guitar pick and driver’s license in a pile on the floor. The smells of stale smoke and alcohol cling to her clothes and hair. She opens the window, letting in a cold,...
by Jennifer Spiegelwords words words books There’s something about the bar that reminds me of Texas. We arrive in Graskop, a quaint town in the Eastern Transvaal. Little shops and a place to get pancakes are the main attractions. We look at art galleries during...
by Jennifer Spiegel mosquito net chocolate Hluhluwe I’m the girl who gets the guy. We fall asleep. His body against mine in a way that suggests an accident in positioning. We arrive at Kruger National Park, the premiere game park in South Africa. The ‘Big...
by Jennifer Spiegelshag fuck Bourke’s Luck I sit between Nick and Ingrid in a Range Rover. Dylan sits with the Swazi game park ranger in front, the Germans are in back, and we’re in the middle. Jens, a quiet man, is wearing a Nine Inch Nails t-shirt and...
