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Straitjackets Magazine
Spring 2019


EDITOR'S DESK
We tried something new with the last issue of Straitjackets — a writing contest that sparked the creative spirit of many DVWG members. So...


MY TEN FAVORITE BOOKS
...in the following I became a part of these authors' worlds


CONTEST WINNER, SHORT STORY - THE OLD BLUE GATE
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...


CONTEST WINNER, POETRY-THE BLUE GATE
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...


NEXT SJM WRITING CONTEST
Write a story or poem inspired by this photo


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


A SOLDIER CALLS - March, 1925
Excerpt from the novel The Woods


LOST PINKY RABBIT
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...


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


AMNESIA
Yesterday I killed a man.


SATURDAY HAIKU
Hawk's marbled breast lifts


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


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


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


OUR KISS
It was years ago when we kissed
Our first date.


SENRYU SORROWS
I pestle-pound herbs
Lavender magic mortars


COVER ART
Spring 2019
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