A NIGHT ON THE COPY DESK BY STEVEN McBREARTY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106

She came flouncing into the newsroom, making a splashy entrance in white short shorts and clog-style shoes, plopping down her laptop and writing materials on the copy desk next to me. She was a kind of femme fatale of the newsroom, a brunette bombshell who understood exactly what effect her presence had on us. She  looked over at me and smiled.

SAD PR BY DENNIS MYERS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106

So you waited this long and you’re gonna take a train, not the plane?

PLAYGROUND BY LINDSAY SMITH 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106

You’re like your father. You’ll get more and more like him as you grow older.

YESTERDAY BY NANCY GILBERT 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106

My father turned off the tape recorder and my mother said, “Play that part again.”

TWO SHOTS RANG OUT BY INDIGO MAGAÑA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 106

That’s what’s gonna happen to you. Bam! Bam! Just like that.