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Straitjackets Magazine




MY TEN FAVORITE BOOKS
Dick and Jane , Fun with Dick and Jane , et al, William Gray and Zerna Sharp. I could read aloud and explore things with new friends....

Chuck Sims
Aug 16, 20202 min read


CONTEST WINNER: THE PROMISE
She promised.
I believed her.

Michelle Bassett
Aug 15, 20203 min read


FALL 2020 WRITING CONTEST PHOTO
Write a story or poem inspired by this photo
Diamond Valley Writers' Guild
Aug 14, 20201 min read




THERE STOOD A COTTAGE
There stood a Cottage
Its pathway strewn with pine

Deitz Kracker
Aug 12, 20202 min read


BIRTHDAY PARTY
... I'm not sorry. I had to get out.
(Excerpt from a novel in progress)

Marj Charlier
Aug 11, 20206 min read


SOON TO BE GONE
... many old barns and stock pens can be seen along the roadside

Chuck Nunes
Aug 10, 20205 min read




IT'S IN THE NAME
No one is allowed to skip a turn on the dance floor

JoLynne Buehring
Aug 8, 20205 min read


KIRBY GIRLS
Excerpt from “Middle-Aged Crazy: Short Stories of Midlife and Beyond”

Lynne M. Spreen
Aug 7, 20204 min read




THERE WAS A TIME
One of my amateur thrills in life is finding a typo

Greg B. Porterfield
Aug 5, 20203 min read




THE BEGINNING FROM THE END
... animal babies burst to life ...

Judie Maré
Aug 3, 20201 min read




THE DUKE OF SEVENTH STREET (Part 2)
The temperature from the lights ringside must have reached 120 degrees

Judith Fabris
Aug 1, 20205 min read


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