GOOSEBERRY PIE LIT MAGAZINE

Stories

1970s

Swingers Circa 1972

Unsplash+ by Jamy Bond I watched the party through a crack in the door of the foyer closet, my favorite hiding spot, where the scratchy

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alice in wonderland

We Could Be Forests

Photo by Skyler Ewing, Pexels.com by Mileva Anastasiadou The King of Hearts is dragging me down the rabbit hole, because he needs more pawns, more

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bar club

Another Tuesday Night Jam 

Photo by Donny Jiang on Unsplash by Jess Golden Over at The Elephant, ten dollar entrance fee, floor sticky as a gumdrop, a basementful of people are nursing beer bottles,

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clouds

Not Yet Ready

Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash by Phebe Jewell The dead man can’t be bothered to show at his funeral. Sure, they’ll put his body in the ground,

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quarter horses

Beckon

Photo by Sheila Swayze on Unsplash by Guy Biederman You open the curtains and two quarter horses are waiting for you, staring at you through the window, their

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old lady

Like A Cigarette Should

Photo by Jsme MILA by Guy Biederman “If you can’t smoke in heaven, I’m not going,” she says. “Maybe there’s a smoking section. It is

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sky purple

Chartered Excursion

Photo by Freepix by Meg Tuite Once, when there was a pause in life, the midst of summer unfolded a ketamine journey. Shed its numb

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pastry

Too Many Days

Photo by Ayyeee Ayyeee/pexel.com by Nora Nadjarian Early that morning we entered the pasticceria next to the bus stop and pointed at the cannoli – do you remember you

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i love the sea

Not Afraid, She Said

Photo by Freepix by Pat Foran I am not afraid, she said. I am not fantasy bonded (fantasy my ass), I am not trauma bonded

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