Category: Issues
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Letter From the Editors
Dear Readers, Though this is our Summer 2019 issue of Rougarou, we’ve found the work within to be reflective of the changing season.
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Featured Art: Holly Day
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Featured Art: Feng Gooi
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“Cousin Ingrid” by Madelyn E. Camrud
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“Homeschool” by Stephen Wack
The children are gathered out in the schoolyard, wielding the weapons of their fathers. A belt, a wooden spoon, a rubber sandal, a tightly rolled Sunday newspaper (reinforced with coupon inserts), and the time-honored bare hands.
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“Shrine” by Dick Bentley
We’re going to Boyne to ski? Got lost around Indian River? The snow’s thickening on the road. Robbie says, “We’re not going to make it up there tonight.” He’s tired from all the beers, plus we’ve been passing a little ganja around the car, the four of us. The smoke’s quite thick and the car…
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Letter From the Editors
Dear Readers, We know: winter can be hard on the body. The cold can tighten your muscles, change brain chemistry, make your joints ache. We hope our Winter 2019 issue does some of the same.
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For Mommy, who is always crying
For Mommy, who is always crying 2018 Flash Fiction Contest, Second Place by Francine White in her bedroom like a secret, only we can hear it through the door. My big brother, Lou, took off with Ernesto, the boy with the neck tattoo of skull and bones, who picks up my brother in his Cadillac…
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Breaths
Breaths 2018 Flash Fiction Contest Winner by Leslie Doyle 1. “Hold your breath.” She was shocked by the cold when her head went under. She hadn’t felt it when they waded in, even when they got waist deep and the water crept up to her stomach, but the moment the leader held her shoulder in…
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Cold Moon
Cold Moon by Kathryn Merwin If you had your way, we would speak through the spirit board. I bury the planchette under my pillow.