“The System Never Fails” by Spencer Fleury
The dog track was never in our plans for the evening. Scott’s system was for jai alai, not dogs, and tuition for the fall semester was due tomorrow, so he needed to raise it tonight . . .
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“Ladies’ Night Out” by Will Whitson
I could hear the music clearly from Legends Corner. Even the laughter of a few thousand drunken tourists was audible . . .
Book Launch: City Mouse, by Stacey Lender
Book Launch: Stacey Lender at Book Culture
Event Alert: Danny Goldberg at the 92nd Street Y
Event Alert: Danny Goldberg at the 92nd Street Y
Now Available: Trinidad Noir: The Classics
Now Available: Hadriana In All My Dreams, by René Depestre.
Shani Mootoo wins Lambda Literary’s Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize
Congratulations to Shani Mootoo on winning Lambda Literary’s Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize!
“Mr. Jimmy” by John Jeremiah
It’s not there anymore. It was only a short walk from the Chelsea Hotel to Eleventh Avenue. I loved that old saloon . . .
“The Valley” by Charles Roland
Gazing down at the farmhouses in the valley below, feeling the wind whipping against his face, Mr. Hawkins thought: I wonder if I’ll be able to breathe on the way down. . .