Straitjackets Magazine

Spring 2017

...armies of the pesky gnats would invade the villages on Lake Chapala's shores.

Her subtext clearly means, "You idiot."

Her greeting was anything but warm.

I was drawn to the voice and spotted a green-headed bird sitting on a tree-like stand, behind the cashier counter.

There are so many decisions about what to take, what is essential, and what I will not live without.

the muffling silence of snow, Dampening the earth, swallowing-up lonely bird-songs like colors into white light, Snow melting down and...

I never heard any stories as to why she and Uncle Paul, who existed only in memories of Christmases long past, never had a family.

"If that kid was mine," a customer said, "he wouldn't sit down for a while."

What would an amateur nature photographer admire more than Ansel Adams? Nobody.

During the video call, her client had to think Karen was calling from a high-end office building, not an old camping trailer.

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Spring 2017