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- National Baby Day
- Audrey is surrounded by baby love and messy diapers as the women in her life succumb to the reproductive drive and she faces her own choices in this first chapter of No Kidding,a novel by Wendy Tokunaga.
- Westward Motion of a Dream
- Within the banal confines of everyday existence, four characters relay questions of art and artfulness in this short story by Terrance Brown.
- Preventing Public Use of Cell Phones
- Pushed beyond the bounds of self-control and into forced voyeurism, the proactive eavesdropper outlines a program of attack against cell phone exhibitionists in this essay by Charles Nevi.
- Something Original, Something Never Lost
- In an esoteric tale of discovery and understanding, the lines between reality and fantasy blur as our narrator finds spiritual epiphany in the eyes of a virtual stranger. A story by Nathan Vonk.
- Sound View, Part Two
- Jonathan revisits the café, seeking a connection with the girl of his artistic dreams while his image of life as art melts into "a complexity of styles." Read part one of this story by lon mckinney in the Writer's Corner archive.
- Book Review: Wendy Tokunaga's No Kidding
- While the pressure to procreate unnerves a thirtysomething professional, the temptation to change partners looms large.
- Larry and the Red-eyed Devil
- Experience proves that "the devil made me do it" is no excuse when it comes to alcohol. Three friends suffer hilarious consequences of tossing back more than their share in this memoir by Patricia J. Geister.
- Sound View: Part One
- Jonathan finds the music of a long-dead era and the brushstrokes of a long-dead artist in the gray morning of the Sound View Cafe. But will reality support or shatter him? Part one of a two-part story by lon mckinney.
- Lunch
- Across the crowded cobblestones, voices, tires, tools, and footsteps become an urban orchestra in the mind of a diner at a sidewalk café. Observational prose by Ken Parker.
- Revenge in a Jar
- With the help of a close friend, an angry woman tormented by her boyfriend’s bad behavior devises a plan to teach him a lesson. A story by Patricia J. Geister.
- Badlands
- Three impulsive explorers leave Chicago for South Dakota, learning that bison fear no one, and rattlesnakes hate human singing. A short story by Joe Winston.
- My Boy
- In an uncertain future dominated by an angry young man, an exasperated single father warns against impulsiveness, baseball, and touring Old Sweden. A short story by Adam Crowley.
- Big Hats Are Gone Forever
- I've held that hat in my hand, navy blue felt with a wide brim that has cut-outs at the edge, a beautiful hat that must have required at least a couple of hat pins to keep if from yielding to the California breezes.
- Friday Night Latona
- Boots is loosening his lips, cleaning the spit from the valves of his cherished horn and checking the sound level of his microphone. He'll do all the vocals and introduce each song. He looks like an old reptile that's weathered too many cold spells. He's
- Livvie's Bedtime Story
- A children's bedtime story from "Say Goodnight to Illiteracy," a collection of stories from Half Price Books to benefit literacy projects.
- Simon
- A children's bedtime story from "Say Goodnight to Illiteracy," a collection published by Half Price Books to benefit literacy projects.
- Seattle Press' "Writer's Corner" Showcases Local Authors On-line
- We hope to make this a place to read the best of Seattle's short story writers.
- Pearly Fog
- She had such a delicate touch and fine eye she once practiced by painting Mount Rushmore on a match head. When finished, she scratched it across the table and lit a cigarette.
- Death Would Be a Welcomed Visitor
- June held out her arms to me. "Welcome," she said. As she held me against her full, moist body, I caught the eyes of my new co-workers, Sally and Eliza. They smiled sympathetically and mouthed the word "lunch." I knew I had found allies, and it frightened
- "Bad Jobs" Compilation Hits Bookstores
- The audience groaned, laughed and recalled their own horrifying job and interview experiences at the book launch event for Bad Jobs: My Last Shift At Albert Wong's Pagoda and Other Ugly Tales of the Workplace.
