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Revelation: A Play in One Act, Philip Charles Barragan II
Characters
Antonio – Cheerful, 41 year old single Italian man looking for a long-term relationship. He feels numb when the subject of HIV status arises on his dates. He has been positive for eighteen years, and that fact
Drive-by Beauty by Wendy Hudson
210 Freeway Eastbound
Los Angeles seems to reinvent itself after a good rainstorm. With days of dreary downpour finally over, the sun is out, the sky is a shade of blue I don’t recall, and the mountains show off now that their veil of smog has been removed. I want to roll down all my windows [...]
RITUALS by Lynn Bey
1.
Our mother calls me to come and look at her. That is how we begin.
“Say something,” she says. She tries to sound petulant, but her image in the full-length mirror makes her smile.
“A sheath,” I offer, cross-legged on the floor. I hold a pillow on my lap despite the heat.
Bread & Tablecloths by Sergio Ortiz
for Lawrence King, 1992-2007
Teens bully deans, bash
desks like Queens christen ships,
ORBIT by Melissa Mason
And it seemed that, just a little more—and the solution would be found, and then a new, beautiful life would begin; and it was clear to both of them that the end was still far off, and that the most complicated and difficult part was just beginning.
Anton Chekhov