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Straitjackets Magazine
Fall 2021


EDITOR'S DESK
Fall 2021


MY TEN FAVORITE BOOKS
I won't write about ten favorites because I really don't have ten favorites. I like the things I read. If I don't, I put the books...


CONTEST WINNER
Boo-hoo. There were no contest entries.


SPRING 2022 WRITING CONTEST PHOTO
Write a story or poem inspired by this photo.


RUFFIN' IT
I awoke as the first large drops spattered against my tent.


CALIFORNIA
Always seeking the painted sunsets


HAIKU
Leaves crunch underfoot


THE FOX HUNT
Excerpt from her memoir, “Hoosier Daughter”


TO SANGRIA
So today I am bringing her Sangria


THE BIDDY HEN
There stood Biddy, distraught to the point of madness


RAYMOND'S GOT A GUN
… anyone who turns in a gun will receive one hundred dollars in cash.


I CHARGE YOU TO LOVE
We’ll speak to the world as one,
In the voice of the human race


DRY-DOCKED
His vessel lies dry-docked on the harbor shore


TRICK OR TREAT
It’s almost over. Three candy bars are left.
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