Interview Issue #3: Pain Continued December 31st, 2019 December 31st, 2019 Graphic Medicine: PSM Talks with MK Czerwiec by A. M. Larks hen I mentioned that I wanted to do an interview to accompany my review of the graphic novel The Pervert, and thereby shine a spotlight on the graphic arts, my editor suggested I contact MK Czerwiec because she was a nurse who made comics. What I found when I went looking for her was not only ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #3: Pain Continued December 31st, 2019 December 31st, 2019 Estate Sale by Charles Duffie aru. I woke still tangled in subconscious panic, certain I was dying, stumbling from bed into a dark forest, pushing at moss thick as curtains, heart pummeling my lungs, choking on my own wet gasps until my palms pressed against a cold, calming surface. As the residue faded, my dorm room reasserted itself. The thrumming slowed and the vibrant dream palette ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #3: Pain Continued December 31st, 2019 December 31st, 2019 Fiction Letter from the Fiction Editor: Shared Experiences The Way We Say Goodbye| Denize Springer Estate Sale | Charles Duffie Tense | A.E. Santana Beating, Like a Drum | Kathi Hansen Review: The Pervert | A. M. Larks
Read MoreFiction Issue #2: Pain September 19th, 2019 September 19th, 2019 Through the Window by Les Zig hursday, June 30th I see her through the window from my eighth-floor hospital bed. My leg throbs from the surgery, and my mind struggles to focus—a combination of the shock, the disorientation, and the anesthetic and painkillers that have all been a part of this night. The three other patients who share the ward with me snore obliviously. It must be ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #2: Pain September 19th, 2019 September 19th, 2019 The G-Tube by Clara Frank ou lie on your side and look at the bedrails. The rails are painted white, but there are rusty cracks in the paint, and you wonder for a moment what could be in those cracks. The pervasive smell of disinfectants reminds you that you are in a hospital. Then you drift off again and in your delirium you see a vast ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #2: Pain September 19th, 2019 September 19th, 2019 Tomorrow Morning by Maria Wolfe he car jarred through a pothole. Addie cried out at the sharp spike of pain. She grabbed at the handle of the passenger door and breathed through the agony. Slow tempo: in, out, in, out. Goddamn. That had been a bad one, the worst since they had left the medical center an hour ago. “Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I missed that one in ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #2: Pain September 19th, 2019 September 19th, 2019 Going Outside by David Whitaker s this yours, sir?” the police officer asked, standing on the front porch of the Watkins home. He gestured behind himself with a casual flick of his thumb. Darryl Watkins, 48-year-old father of two, wearing a threadbare robe and a pair of thin-soled slippers, stood in the relative safety of his front door and blinked in the early morning light. “Excuse me?” “Does ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #2: Pain September 19th, 2019 September 19th, 2019 3.6 Pounds by Valerie Fioravanti randmother Hannah’s ashes weigh 3.6 pounds. I carry them in her I Support Public Television tote bag, waiting for that moment when I unsnap the lid and surrender her remains to a crisp, willing breeze. Grandmother Hannah’s body was pulled from ground zero after the 9/11 attacks. I’m fortunate to have this closure. Many other families don’t. What have I done to ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #2: Pain September 19th, 2019 September 19th, 2019 Fiction Letter from the Fiction Editor: Art and the Universality of Pain 3.6 Pounds | Valerie Fioravanti The G-Tube | Clara Frank Going Outside | David Whitaker Through the Window | Les Zig Tomorrow Morning | Maria Wolfe
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