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March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Reward Posters by Cody McCafferty

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008
Reward Posters by Cody McCafferty

I'm awakened by a prodding wet dog nose again, because Princess or Precious or whatever has to piss and shit.

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Tagged: first-time publication, pets, crime, runaway, POV-first

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Wall by Danielle Davis

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008
Wall by Danielle Davis

Wall’s parents, Tom and Norma, named him for the guy who wrote Ben Hur, Lew Wallace.

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Tagged: youth, high school, art, family, POV-third

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

A Dying Mother by Kelly Lundgren Pietrucha

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008
A Dying Mother by Kelly Lundgren Pietrucha

Every morning now my mother calls to warn me of her upcoming death.

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Tagged: mother-daughter, loss, memory, POV-first, illness

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Customer of Size by Mary Jones

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008
Customer of Size by Mary Jones

Richard Foster knows that he is a fat man.

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Tagged: marriage, love, flash fiction, carveresque, POV-third

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Chicago Monologue by Eugene Chang

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008
Chicago Monologue by Eugene Chang

6:00am. The alarm rang loudly. Chris woke up.

March 15, 2008
Carve Magazine
Spring 2008

Tagged: friendship, chicago, POV-third

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Agashi by AC Koch

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest
Agashi by AC Koch

Ken Krasner in a nutshell: He peers at me, bug-eyed, over the pages of his Newsweek and announces, “I have to go be a priest in Russia.”

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Tagged: asia, teachers, travel, mystery, POV-first, 1st place

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Summit by Julia Gordon-Bramer

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest
Summit by Julia Gordon-Bramer

Every time I walk through this Summit train station, the first thing that hits me is the vinegar stench of piss from the men’s room...

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Tagged: family, mother-son, home, 2nd place

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

One Hundred Santas by Liz Skillman

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest
One Hundred Santas by Liz Skillman

Gilbert Marvel’s first Christmas screenplay was called Behold!

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Tagged: new york city, christmas, friendship, 3rd place, POV-third

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

The Ways You Are Gone by Kami Westhoff

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest
The Ways You Are Gone by Kami Westhoff

I wait for you, because I said I would.

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Tagged: loss, mystery, relationships, POV-multiple, editor's choice award, obsession

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Different Than Any Day So Far by Marc Phillips

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest
Different Than Any Day So Far by Marc Phillips

Sometimes, I’ll put down the window as I drive to the shops and force as much wind into me as I can, until it burns my nose and puffs out my cheeks like I have a mouthful of marbles.

December 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Tagged: strangers, crime, loss, POV-first, illness

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007

This One Thing by Jaren Watson

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007
This One Thing by Jaren Watson

Carlton is huge. Even for a Great Pyrenees, known for their size and snowy fur like a fresh avalanche, he is colossal.

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007

Tagged: pets, marriage, love, loss, first-time publication, POV-first

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007

When My Body Smashed Into the Sidewalk by Yuvi Zalkow

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007
When My Body Smashed Into the Sidewalk by Yuvi Zalkow

My last thought was this: I should have bought my mother a birthday present.

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007

Tagged: family, death, mystery, magical realism, dreams, God

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007

Weekend with the Boy by Ezra

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007
Weekend with the Boy by Ezra

I get a phone call from the past saying “It’s time your son met his father.”

September 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Fall 2007

Tagged: father-son, art, europe, travel, love, POV-first

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

If You Don't by Rob Bass

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007
If You Don't by Rob Bass

When Ryan is four and Colleen is two, another toddler comes up to her in the sandbox and kicks over the upside down bucket mold she’s just finished patting down to perfection.

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Tagged: children, love, fate, POV-third, experimental, obsession

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Turning the Bones by Marcy Campbell

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007
Turning the Bones by Marcy Campbell

Jillian and I are sitting on the hard-packed earth in front of a large fire, the flames illuminating the faces of the others in the circle.

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Tagged: travel, culture, madagascar, strangers, death, ritual, POV-first

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Hybrid by Stephanie Dickinson

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007
Hybrid by Stephanie Dickinson

You will never get a kiss because you’re invisible, the mirror says, a glare of sun where my face should be.

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Tagged: youthful narrator, family, transgender, new york city, violence, POV-first

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Samurai Bluegrass by Craig Terlson

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007
Samurai Bluegrass by Craig Terlson

Their harmonies teeter on the edge of sweetness and mournful whine.

June 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Summer 2007

Tagged: loss, grief, family, children, asia, music, POV-first

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007

The First Fire by David Stoler

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007
The First Fire by David Stoler

Apparently my father, in his later years, developed a taste for being penetrated rectally by young boys.

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007

Tagged: father-son, death, loss, secrets, gay, memory, POV-first, love, MWA notable story

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007

Drinking in the Loons by Stephen MacKinnon

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007
Drinking in the Loons by Stephen MacKinnon

My wife Helene says she now has a lover who makes her purr like a kitten.

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007

Tagged: aging, marriage, minimalist, POV-first, MWA notable story, illness

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007

In His Own Image by Alyssa Morris

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007
In His Own Image by Alyssa Morris

Somebody is fucking with his dreams.

March 15, 2007
Carve Magazine
Spring 2007

Tagged: first-time publication, experimental, violence, dreams, metafiction, POV-multiple

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