RIVER ROCKS BY PETER GORDON 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 12 Captured in two-pound plastic bags Piled on pallets, taller than a man I wonder what river…
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“She was a flower that gave you the slip,” I said. “She found another guy who understood her, and you married for money. You married me.” AFTER HIS…
You’re telling me I had the power to change my life from the vampire-sucking scam of an occupation that is public education? Sign me up. VISION BOARD BY…
She avoided thinking, but that did not stop an inner voice that prattled on, that she could not silence. What for? Who for? THE UNBEARABLE WEARINESS OF…
Aren’t you glad to see me home? You haven’t even given me a kiss. HOMECOMING BY JOE HERRERA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 107 Answer the fucking door…
I’ll never forget the amazing spectacle, the ecstatic, wondrous moment of Mark Massaroni’s mighty, magical home run ball. THE POUTRE POND POKE BY GREG…
You don’t want to be out and about. SUNFLOWERS BY HARRY HAWKE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 107 I can’t sleep again. I haven’t slept for three weeks. It…

February 2023

Jenna Bright came flouncing into the newsroom, making a splashy entrance in white short shorts and clog-style shoes, plopping down her laptop and…
You’re like your father. You’ll get more and more like him as you grow older. PLAYGROUND BY LINDSAY SMITH 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106 In the…
Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning. TWO SHOTS RANG OUT BY INDIGO MAGAÑA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106 The 20th…
So you waited this long and you’re gonna take a train, not the plane? SAD PR BY DENNIS MYERS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106 He waited. He waited three…