Straitjackets Magazine

We’d … swim with the sharks

“ … you might want to lead with the truth.”

Chapter Two … the Secret Service found counterfeit dollars

I see it in the mirror

… a cuddly bear in the crib awaiting the newborn’s arrival.

My favorite barns are deep, rich red … The color of the heart

Grace Reading at Howth Bay by William Orpen

Welcome to the Spring issue of Straitjackets Magazine. The editors thank Judy Maré for the wonderful contribution she made during her...

1. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline The story moves between contemporary Maine and Depression era Minnesota. Powerful story with...

The car was almost two years old when six drunken teenagers had relocated it

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. . . the pagan rituals, shrines, and deities had guided our tribes for centuries

“I think it was that daydreamer of yours.”

Do you want to pick up a dead body in Torrance for me?

How dare they remind me, in bold type, that I was a half-century old!?

I toss and drift along, without plan or thought

I slipped the chain from the first lock

We managed to rattle and smoke our way into the little town of Pearblossom

When it’s time . . .

Forty hurried steps . . . to a graywood privy