Berta’s cure for everything is some old-school hip-hop, a bottle of Brass Monkey and a trip to the Cactus Club. Beneath the bleeding Jesus picture on the wall, the stereo is crackling out a song I can’t understand until Berta starts rapping along, party after party,...
by Stephanie Han 2004 SFWP Literary Awards Program 5th Place Winner I tightly hold my father’s hand as we approach a red building near the escalator, a bar in Central. He explains to me, this is where the rich foreigners drink and watch football. My father...
by Peter Kuklinski 2004 SFWP Literary Awards Program 4th Place Winner An Excerpt Witold Kozak grabbed a gnarled tree root as his foot slid down the shiny hard slick dirt. He managed to save his balance by grappling the steep side of the gorge with quick steps, but his...
2004 SFWP Literary Awards Program Prizewinner by Whitney Purvis An Excerpt Los Bluejeans Pr’digos Vuelven [The Prodigal Jeans Return] 1. Jun’pero Afortunado Among Jun’pero Afortunado’s most prized possessions in his hatchback that day were a...
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...
