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Category Archive: Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

Gone Into Literature by Emil Draitser

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“Give me back my husband!” With these words, a tall, strong-boned, middle-aged woman entered my office one rainy […]

Chicago Literati December 4, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

Fossil Driver by Travis Dahlke

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We are going down the list, putting the final touches on an open-air butterfly sanctuary that has almost […]

Chicago Literati December 4, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

Ripping by Sophie van Llewyn

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Aunt Theresa has given us a can of gasoline, so we could go for a drive with our […]

Chicago Literati December 2, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

The Shallows by Christopher R. Alonso

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There was a time that dreams walked the streets, stars swam in our water, and the sea slept […]

Chicago Literati December 2, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

Mrs. Tobias Goes to the Dogs by Susan Kuchinskas

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Dark damps the house. She rests cocooned in the air conditioner’s hum. Above it, outside, she imagines the […]

Chicago Literati December 1, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

Coyote, Moving On by Doug Mathewson

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Buckshot holes in her pack and the shoulder of her jacket told a story I didn’t want to […]

Chicago Literati November 30, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

God’s Humor: An Insight into the Odd World of Interconnectivity by Cody Lee

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The midnight noodle tree brushed Angel, the ant, into the apartment window. With quick legs, he scurried on […]

Chicago Literati November 30, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

The Dig by Aram Mrjoian

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Rachel and Tommy are in the backyard digging for their father. Yesterday evening, I told them he was […]

Chicago Literati November 23, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue, The Daily Flash

She Waits, Lovely, Robins’ Nests in Her Hair (Notes) by Austin Eichelberger

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Originally published in Cease, Cows journal in June 2013 In Jeremy’s recurring dream, she is sitting at an antique vanity […]

Chicago Literati November 23, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

Plant by Steve Wechselblatt

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What does Plant believe in the deepest roots of her being? That life, if given the chance, presses […]

Chicago Literati November 22, 2016 Current Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction, Magic: The Magical Realism Issue

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