GOOSEBERRY PIE LIT MAGAZINE

Stories

Thursday

CW: Violence, Sexual assault by Rebecca Klassen That’s the word I used for my word jumble game, the day Dad hurt me, gripping my throat hard, calling me trash. He shut me in the

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Earlier That Fall

Photo by Jade B. on Unsplash by Sandra Anfang  The summer had started out well enough, he thought. That was months before he felt the tug in his

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My Wife In Real Life

by Ben Drevlow Yesterday I had to explain to this woman at workshop why my fictional wife would’ve ever married my fictional self and all

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The Entrepreneur of Babel

Photo by Hardini Lestari on Unsplash by Abe Mezrich They named him The Businessman, because of the suit but also because of his swagger. Meowmix pantry he would tell

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orange christmas

Stay

Photo by Roberto Reposo on Unsplash by Patricia Bidar If I could travel back with you in time, we’d stand side by side on the San Pedro Street

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lonely coffee

Long Nights

Photo by Roberto Reposo on Unsplash by Zvi A. Sesling Long nights like knives cut deep and you wake up next to someone whose name you vaguely remember, Judy

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airplane

Uncle Sardine

by Robert Scotellaro My uncle Joe spent time in a submarine under the polar icecaps, knew the value of vistas. Would, in the middle of a

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Worship

Photo by MART PRODUCTION by Gary Fincke After the teacher’s writing student’s accidental death, he copies her poem about the possibilities of love, reforming the

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kangaroo boxing

Candle Hat

by Robert Scotellaro She told me, she wondered if roses smelled like old gym socks to gardenias, once. And that relativity was a flexible concept after

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