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Straitjackets Magazine
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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
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CONTEST WINNER: THE PROMISE
She promised.
I believed her.
Michelle Bassett
Aug 15, 20203 min read
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FALL 2020 WRITING CONTEST PHOTO
Write a story or poem inspired by this photo
Diamond Valley Writers' Guild
Aug 14, 20201 min read
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THERE STOOD A COTTAGE
There stood a Cottage
Its pathway strewn with pine
Deitz Kracker
Aug 12, 20202 min read
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
... I'm not sorry. I had to get out.
(Excerpt from a novel in progress)
Marj Charlier
Aug 11, 20206 min read
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SOON TO BE GONE
... many old barns and stock pens can be seen along the roadside
Chuck Nunes
Aug 10, 20205 min read
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IT'S IN THE NAME
No one is allowed to skip a turn on the dance floor
JoLynne Buehring
Aug 8, 20205 min read
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KIRBY GIRLS
Excerpt from “Middle-Aged Crazy: Short Stories of Midlife and Beyond”
Lynne M. Spreen
Aug 7, 20204 min read
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THERE WAS A TIME
One of my amateur thrills in life is finding a typo
Greg B. Porterfield
Aug 5, 20203 min read
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THE BEGINNING FROM THE END
... animal babies burst to life ...
Judie Maré
Aug 3, 20201 min read
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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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THE WAY OF THE WORLD
I want you to find the money. A lot of it is hidden.
And--I want to know who his girlfriend is
Howard Feigenbaum
May 5, 20206 min read
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PIPELINE (Chapter 2)
The old codger was right. The insider crimes were all over.
Daniel Kuttner
May 5, 20207 min read
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