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Lisa Gordon: Paul on Earth

May 30, 2023 by PBQ Leave a Comment

          Paul had a hard time concentrating on the wedding. Maybeth had tears in her eyes, but then again, she cried at everything. The rabbi was saying words about how important trust is when it comes to love. Maybeth took his hands. She had nice, soft, small hands—Paul always liked that about her. She could do a lot with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Fiction 104, Issue 104 Tagged With: Lisa Gordon

Carol M. Quinn

November 1, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

A native of Queens, New York, Carol M. Quinn currently lives, works, and writes in East Lansing, Michigan. She holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has taught at the University of Iowa, Temple University in Philadelphia, and Michigan State University. Her fiction has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Joyland, Chicago Quarterly […]

Filed Under: Contributors 96, Fiction, Fiction 96, Issue 96 Tagged With: Carol, Carol M. Quinn, Contributors, contributors 96, Fiction, fiction 96, issue 96, M, Quinn

Carol M. Quinn: Here Still

September 1, 2017 by PBQ 1 Comment

        Veronica sat behind the wheel, Edie called shotgun, Gina and Betts claimed the backseat windows, and Kath squeezed in the middle.  We assured Siri that yes, we were sure.  Unhappy but subservient, she voiced directions over crowded city blocks and down deserted sandy roads to Macy’s bungalow in far outer Queens, […]

Filed Under: Contributors 96, Fiction, Fiction 96, Issue 96 Tagged With: Carol Quinn, contributors 96, Fiction, fiction 96, issue 96

Brian Short: Marjorie

September 1, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

        I’ve always hated the mall but it is the only place where retail experience is worth anything so when the Armenian mobsters in Oakland County all drained their in-ground units simultaneously, the pool supply store let me go and I headed for the King and Queen to drop off some resumes […]

Filed Under: Contributors 96, Fiction, Fiction 96, Issue 96 Tagged With: Brian Short, contributors 96, Fiction, fiction 96, issue 96

Alex Pickett: Vultures

September 1, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

        After snows, Paul had to drive up to Denali to plow. He would drive an hour and a half up there and plow out the parking lot and driveway so if there were any visitors in the rental cabins they were able to get out. This time, it had snowed from […]

Filed Under: Contributors 96, Fiction, Fiction 96, Issue 96 Tagged With: Alex Pickett, contributors 96, Fiction, fiction 96, issue 96

Terry Dubow: Prufrock

September 1, 2017 by PBQ 1 Comment

        The morning of the raccoons, I had the showerhead set on a hard pounding staccato. I was staring straight into the water, counting the intervals between the spurts, thinking of how much I wanted to avoid the two people on the other side of the door. That’s when I noticed that […]

Filed Under: Contributors 96, Fiction, Fiction 96, Issue 96 Tagged With: contributors 96, Fiction, fiction 96, issue 96, Terry Dubow

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