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Straitjackets Magazine
Fall 2017


THE EDITOR'S DESK
Editorial
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WHEN ROWING DOWN THE NILE MAKE SURE TO TAKE YOUR GOOD FRIEND MARIE ALONG
"As we lazily rowed along, we happened upon this crocodile who called himself Henri."
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THE VANQUISHED
"From the look on your ugly mug, I think there might be a problem. Spill it, Bruno."
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HALLOWEEN IN SQUIRREL TOWN
"On every porch, by every squirrel door Sits a great pumpkin with a hollowed out core."
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SOMETIMES
"A child, no match for a speeding car. Death doesn't care."
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THE FENCE
".. the fence line ran back over the undulating hills until it disappeared from view in the waving grass."
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HOME BANNER CAFE
"Maybe she'd lose a few pounds and meet an honest man who didn't cheat with skinny floozies."
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WHERE SPIRITS BREATHE
"Keep in mind bowls of blueberries, mornings of transition-"
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DEAD MAN WALKING
"You abandoned the car and left her there,
The baby died so they gave you the chair."
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TIME PONDERINGS
"What would I do with a time machine?"
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THE CREEK/THE LAKE
"In the summers of my youth, the creek was the place I preferred."
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TOMMY
"I can do this. I have just enough time to reach in and grab him.
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COVER ART
Pond at Huntington
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