"Old House" by Cello Calcagno via Creative Commons license.
In the Autumn issue of Contrary:
There’s barely room to breathe. Her knees pressed to the rear of the machine, chest pressed to her knees, back to the wall. Grime and furred dust coats the floor beneath her, sticky on the skin. Clumping to her hands as she pushes further into the corner. Her heartbeat skitters along her damp and gritty palms. She tilts her head upward toward the open air. She can’t hear anyone moving now.
Plus stories by Delaney Nolan and Bezalel Stern, poetry by Janlori Goldman, David Allen Sullivan, Joe Wilkins, and Hannah Stephenson.
Reviews of Books written by David Yaffe, Yannick Murphy, Alan Heathcock, Jessie Janeshek and Katrina Roberts.
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SUBMISSIONS: Deadline for Winter 2012 is Dec. 1. Contrary Magazine accepts submissions only through this form. Let’ s read each other.