GOOSEBERRY PIE LIT MAGAZINE

Stories

snake

Late Spring, Sunday

Photo by David Clode on Unsplash by Jack Bedell Morning, and the sun couldn’t possibly be more up. My brother and I walk the levee as close to

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tulips

They Were Roommates 

Photo by Timo C. Dinger on Unsplash by Rebecca Long History will say “they were roommates.” And, to be fair, Eve and Bianca were just roommates. But when Eve’s mom

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blue jay

Runaway

Photo by Richard Sagredo on Unsplash by Bethany Jarmul I’m lying in my bed which is suspended in an oak tree, reading a book about nothing. Its empty

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pink moon

Emma Lassos The Moon

Photo by J Lee on Unsplash by Kathryn Kulpa When she was thirteen years old Emma fell in love with a dead man. Lost her heart to his

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knife

How To Weed A Marriage Bed

Photo by Mister B. on Unsplash by Julianne Bond Because it has grown wild and unacceptable, sharpen the garden knife along the stone wall and run your finger

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broken mirror

How To Survive A Marriage

Photo by okeykat on Unsplash by Julianne Bond Given that you are face down on the floor it will be harder than you thought. Run your tongue along your

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microfiction

Bounce House

Photo by Roseanna Smith on Unsplash by Tara Isabel Zambrano It’s just before Thanksgiving when the face of the eight-year-old girl flashes on every TV screen. Missing teeth

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flash fiction

Birthday

Photo by Michał Mancewicz on Unsplash by Tara Isabel Zambrano On my fifteenth birthday, Dad brings his lover—tall, bald, his jawline—a knife in my eyes. Above us a

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flash fiction

The Paper Tree

Photo by Ussama Azam on Unsplash by Sandra Arnold She pulled the book from the top shelf, opened it on the table and took out the paper tree

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