MY OTHER MOTHER TONGUE BY JULES RM 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

I struggle to pay attention to things that don’t interest me! I dislike being rejected! Someone give me amphetamines!

THE DOPPELGANGER BY SHAWN RYAN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

He stood next to her open casket, a few feet from the body of his mother, best friend, and the one steady influence in his life,

THE OFFICE OF MANAGED DECLINE BY GABRIELE MICOZZI 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

The metric is closure rate. The target this quarter is 40 and he is at 36, which is fine, which is on track.

BUT STILL I HIDE  BY OLGA GONZALEZ LATAPI 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

that I belonged in your arms but there is nothing honest about you

SAME TIME NEXT THURSDAY BY JOHN DENNIS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

If a woman on the bus had six fingers, he did not count them.

 THE END BY EDWARD BARANOSKY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

you walk to the pier, just totouch it, to evoke another place and time

AT THE END OF THE WORLD BY VARTAN KOUMROUYAN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 144

It had to be far away, a destination on the other side of the world where I could find another reality.