Over ten years in the making, after hundreds of revisions and countless reincarnations, my short story, “With Hummingbird in Hand,” will finally see the light of day thanks to the editors at the Australian-based journal Kurungabaa.
Here’s an excerpt:
The oil in the deep fryer bubbled and cracked as Yesenia and Claudia orchestrated the breakfast shift. Parked in a littered alley next to a super-sized Home Depot in a ragged quarter of East Hollywood, Yesenia’s mobile kitchen, Mariscos de Madrugada, served as a beacon for over-worked souls who scrambled through gridlock, measuring their lives by paychecks and commutes. Outside their kitchen, police sirens blared, cars backfired, and horns honked. The mariachis they hired to entertain their hungry customers played at the curbside. The trim of their charro outfits gleamed in the early morning sun as the rush of orders kept coming.
Check out the original announcement on Kurungabaa’s website, where you can pick up a copy for yourself.
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Prose
Derek Hynd
Susan Gottlieb
Rebecca Olive
Louise Victoria Jeffredo
Shaun Tomson
Aga Maksimowska
Michael Scott Moore
Greg Bogaerts
Cori Schumacher
Andrea Frost
Brian Barbeito
Carole Lander
Clifton Evers
Madelaine Dickie
Byron Alexander Campbell
Rashaan Meneses
Taylor Claire Miller
Poems
Kim Satchell
Corrina Cop Rain Mcfarlane
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Susan Adams
Louise Victoria Jeffredo
Trevor Abes
Carolyn Abbs
Celeste Snowber
Mara Nichols
Rhonda Melanson
Art
Dane Peterson
Hugo Muecke
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Note that the current issue is available in hard copy (the real rag) at the following fine establishments:
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Six Ounce Board Store, Manly
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The Sugarmill, Narabeen
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The Top Shop, Byron Bay (behind the counter)
Rashaan Alexis Meneses 