In celebration of their eleventh birthday, the mother orders her twins Sunday suits from the Sears and Roebuck, matching breech pants, double-breasted sailor coats with yellow neckties.
Category: Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
A Good Medicine
The Slide
by Jennifer Hasty
Runner Up, Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
I’m sorry your study was ruined,” he said. “But I think those rats gave you an answer after all. Maybe not what you were looking for.
All the Pieces Came Together
by Chris J. Rice
Runner Up, Creative Nonfiction Prize
My identity as fractured as my vision, I erected walls around me. Hard walls. Flat walls. Walls I made and maintained…I’d already accepted my fate.