Pastor Eaten by Crocodiles While Trying to Walk on Water Like Jesus
By Poetry Issue 103
Deacon Nkosi, a member of the church, told the newspaper,
“The pastor taught us about faith on Sunday last week.”
Boy in a Blue Sweatshirt
By Essay Issue 59
I RECALL THE FACE OF A BOY wearing a blue sweatshirt, and I want to tell him that I’ve fallen in love and that I saw a fox midday like a flare, that I saw a black bear in the laurel just this evening and that the roar of life is in me. And I…
Read MoreRunning the Whale’s Back
By Short Story Issue 72
The following excerpt is from the novel A Blessed Snarl, forthcoming from Breakwater Books in 2012. THE WEATHERMAN’S HAND sweeps from Labrador down Newfoundland’s fanged north coast to Saint John’s, his finger squiggling from there down to Renews: the sea white against green land. He’s talking about winds rifling in from the north. The…
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