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“Brecht in Southampton – Personal Pleasures”

Morning at the coffeeshop Cheating traffic, the back-roads White clouds, the pale sky Parking near water, a book Midday at the bay, the breeze Water on your feet and scallop shells My sister’s laughter—baby mischief, feeling glad Scanning the view, … Read More

by Oscar Mahoney on August 10, 2016

Telescoping Fear

We asked our stable of unstable writers to reflect on fear — personal, conceptual, metaphysical. They started with 300 words and narrowed focus and word count, by halves.

by Katie Duggan, Mikaela Gerwin, Oscar Mahoney, Will Rivitz, Zach Cohen on February 28, 2016

Carmen in the Sunset

Sitting on the veranda with her coffee cup, Her grey hair braided up,
The lonely lady Carmen turns her eyes up

by Oscar Mahoney on September 26, 2016

Southampton

Finding a home in a haunted ghost town

by Oscar Mahoney on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017

Dolores Part III

“Dolores sat and wept in pain until the early hours of the morning. With what strength she had after her shock, she dragged herself across the room, pulling herself through shattered glass from family portraits and the scattered contents of her nightstand drawers.”

by Oscar Mahoney on October 16, 2016October 16, 2016

Nominal Inheritance

I hate the thought of someday passing down the name Mahoney to my kids, and explaining to them that their name deprives them of a history.

by Oscar Mahoney on March 27, 2016March 27, 2016

Dolores, Part II

The second part of a serialized story

by Oscar Mahoney on October 9, 2016October 16, 2016

The Day

“Dad, there’s something in the pool.”

by Oscar Mahoney on April 24, 2016

Dolores, Part I

Doña Dolores was a wretched woman.

by Oscar Mahoney on October 2, 2016October 2, 2016

The Screaming Woman

Let me tell you a story. There was a storm on the day my great-grandmother died.

by Oscar Mahoney on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016


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