Straitjackets Magazine

Ah yes, the Blue Gate! It was quite a place a century ago, when the wind snapped sail cloth along the docks of the bay. Now days...

The people on this side Are people who see, Who live, and accept Only things that can be. The clouds are mere clouds. The sun just feels...

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Two Moose Camp, Alaska,1990. No sooner had Gomer’s first wife died than he attended another funeral. After stepping to the casket...

Excerpt from the novel The Woods

I stood on the seat and pressed my face against the back window of our little truck as Mama drove away from the house as fast as she...

"Dear fellow, haven't we delayed long enough?"

Yesterday I killed a man.

Hawk's marbled breast lifts

A mosaic of green and brown stretches below the plane as it makes its final approach. Light rain is anticipated. Walking...

Vision upon vision Dancing cursor moves Keyboard rhythms Faster and faster Honing images Wife’s voice, ”Dinner in five.” Vision...

Nobody likes getting ripped off, especially to the tune of three and a half million dollars. Furlong Financial, a private bank,...

It was years ago when we kissed Our first date.

I pestle-pound herbs Lavender magic mortars

Spring 2019

EDITORIAL

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Choosing ten favorite books is akin to choosing among one's children.

With a clank of a chain, the gate opens into a world of miniature horses

Horse-drawn hayracks Shrieking kids, straw-strewn wagons