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Fiction 93

Tanuj Solanki: The Desire of the Detective

August 14, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

(1) November: the month when Bombay breeze turns cool and longing has narcotic ripples. From the sliding window of my fourth floor apartment, I see a big grey cloud hanging in the evening sky. I hear traffic gurgling sporadically on the road below. The crime begins a conversation with me. A dead man with a […]

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Cameron MacKenzie: I Don’t Know What Else I Can Do For You

August 14, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

The kid was small, not quite 100 pounds. Closer to 90. They didn’t know his name and they didn’t know his grade but they knew he’d been about 20 minutes late to practice. Coach said they should run him, and he gave them the superball. Coach watched practice every day from up against the far […]

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Jennifer Lee: Veil of Birds

August 14, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

The taxicab that picks me up from the hotel is a Mercedes, its air conditioning turned up full blast. The heat never bothered me growing up, but I’m more American now. The weather reminds me of the summer of 1987 when Philip and I brought the children to visit. God, we nearly died in the heat. […]

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Tanuj Solanki: The Desire of the Detective

June 15, 2016 by PBQ

(1) November: the month when Bombay breeze turns cool and longing has narcotic ripples. From the sliding window of my fourth floor apartment, I see a big grey cloud hanging in the evening sky. I hear traffic gurgling sporadically on the road below. The crime begins a conversation with me. A dead man with a […]

Filed Under: Contributors 93, Fiction, Fiction 93, Issue 93 Tagged With: Contributors 93, Fiction, Fiction 93, Tanuj Solanki

Cameron MacKenzie: I Don’t Know What Else     I Can Do For You

June 15, 2016 by PBQ

The kid was small, not quite 100 pounds. Closer to 90. They didn’t know his name and they didn’t know his grade but they knew he’d been about 20 minutes late to practice. Coach said they should run him, and he gave them the superball. Coach watched practice every day from up against the far […]

Filed Under: Contributors 93, Fiction, Fiction 93, Issue 93 Tagged With: Cameron MacKenzie, Contributors 93, Fiction, Fiction 93

Jennifer Lee: Veil of Birds

June 15, 2016 by PBQ

The taxicab that picks me up from the hotel is a Mercedes, its air conditioning turned up full blast. The heat never bothered me growing up, but I’m more American now. The weather reminds me of the summer of 1987 when Philip and I brought the children to visit. God, we nearly died in the heat. […]

Filed Under: Contributors 93, Fiction, Fiction 93, Issue 93 Tagged With: Contributors 93, Fiction, Fiction 93, Jennifer Lee

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