Fiction

Part Two
   Lingering on the porch, Nat and Cammy propped themselves up in the sun against the house. Nat said,     “I’ve only...

    Cammy picked Kim up in New York on Friday at the bank where she worked; they had a bite of lunch on their way down Long Island to open up the beach house. Cammy’s...

   “Get off me. Your body is too hot.” He yelled and shoved her so hard she fell off the bed onto the hard wood floor. The fierce tone of his voice was ugly and shook her...

   “Get off me. Your body is too hot.” He yelled and shoved her so hard she fell off the bed onto the hard wood floor. The fierce tone of his voice was ugly and shook her...

   He hasn’t seen me in a few months. So glad, he says, I have come in, finally.  The Korean clerk behind the dry cleaner’s counter thinks he is in for a happy chat...

    It was a smoldering hot day. Everything was frying slowly. The common term for that kind of day is “oppressive.”
     Madeline, Diane,...

   Selma changed her name to Havana when she was 10. Both her parents had drowned off the coast of Cuba, trying to reach Miami and give their baby a decent start at life. Miraculously...

Part Two
   There’s a party tonight and Sandy can’t decide what to put on, it’s been months since she’s been out. Oh, she’s been...

   The Star welcomes submissions of essays for its “Guestwords” column, of between 700 and 1,200 words, and of short fiction, between 1,000 and 2,000 words.
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