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Straitjackets Magazine
Summer 2020


EDITOR'S DESK
Editorial


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....


CONTEST WINNER: THE PROMISE
She promised.
I believed her.


FALL 2020 WRITING CONTEST PHOTO
Write a story or poem inspired by this photo


BIG SUR
Excerpt form "Bitter Oranges"


THERE STOOD A COTTAGE
There stood a Cottage
Its pathway strewn with pine


BIRTHDAY PARTY
... I'm not sorry. I had to get out.
(Excerpt from a novel in progress)


SOON TO BE GONE
... many old barns and stock pens can be seen along the roadside


RAYMONDE
I observe how I have withered


IT'S IN THE NAME
No one is allowed to skip a turn on the dance floor


KIRBY GIRLS
Excerpt from “Middle-Aged Crazy: Short Stories of Midlife and Beyond”


BLIND DATE
When you're short
Cash for gas


THERE WAS A TIME
One of my amateur thrills in life is finding a typo


THE ARTISTIC SOUL
I discovered my artistic soul


THE BEGINNING FROM THE END
... animal babies burst to life ...


GRATEFUL FOR THE COLOR BLUE
Memoir excerpt


THE DUKE OF SEVENTH STREET (Part 2)
The temperature from the lights ringside must have reached 120 degrees


COVER ART
Summer 2020
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