Adam Sturtevant is the third place winner in the 2009 SFWP Literary Awards program. We’re excerpting a story from his winning collection, Ease Chest Tuck Hid Debt Art.
Yearly Archives: 2009
This One Last Thing, part two of two, by Nicole Louise Reid
Nicole Reid is the second place winner in the 2009 Literary Awards Program. Below is the first section of her entry, This One Last Thing.
This One Last Thing, part one of two, by Nicole Louise Reid
Nicole Reid is the second place winner in the 2009 Literary Awards Program. This week, we’ll be excerpting from the prologue and the first section of her entry, This One Last Thing.
Listening for Life, part two of two, by Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt was the the 2009 Literary Awards Program Grand Prize-winner, selected by judge Pagan Kennedy. This is the second half of Chapter Three from his winning entry, Listening for Life. Catch the first part right here.
Listening for Life, part one of two, by Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt is the the 2009 Literary Awards Program Grand Prize-winner, selected by judge Pagan Kennedy. We’ll be excerpting Chapter Three from his winning entry, Listening for Life.
The Three Fishermen by Tom Sheehan
There were three of them. There were four of us, and April lay on the campsite and on the river, a mixture of dawn at a damp extreme and the sun in the leaves at cajole. This was Deer Lodge on the Pine River in Ossipee, New Hampshire. The lodge was naught but a foundation [...]
The Kingdom by Paul Luikart
You and Mark, your little boy from your first marriage, stand together on the bank of the Arkansas. You let your boots squish into the dark sand and you hope that Mark feels the sand squish beneath his boots. You hope that he experiences it like you did at his age—with pleasure and wonder and [...]
Brave Captain Harvey, Conclusion by Ryan Sparks
“Now. I’m stark naked, holed up in a cramped room with two dead whores, my radio is shot to shit, and I’m blue-balled all to hell. Twelve shots in the clip. I’m estimating there’s at least seven of ‘em outside, and they ain’t all going down with one bullet. My options were severely limited.”
Brave Captain Harvey, Part One by Ryan Sparks
“I knew things were bad when the second whore shook, seized up, then slid sideways off of me like a concussed jockey falling out of the saddle. Shot right through the breast. I’d thought the other one just fell or something, you know? She was dicking around with the radio in the corner of the [...]
Wants What It Wants by Bram Shay
Tuesday night and here we are, tilting at windmills again, grateful for their tolerance, or more likely, benevolent indifference. How we adore them all! How we cherish their wry splendor and casual wit, their pixie noses and cropped cuts, their unabashed declarations of love for one another. After a few drinks, we each have our [...]