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Paganini’s Strings

by P.J. Leonard

The neon lights of kanji rippled in the puddle. December rain pounded the rusty drain pipes and trash loaded wall-to-wall in the night-cloaked alley. It reeked of fried and refried takeaways, a stench that gave my stomach a guilty rumble.

But I never eat before a gig. …

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Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid’s fiction has been published in 10,000 Tons of Black Ink, Farmhouse Magazine, In Posse, Literal Latte, and A & U Magazine. Along with receiving the Alice Brandt Deeds Prize for Excellence in Creative Writing, a few of her writing honors include placing in the eight screenplay competitions, the Writer’s Digest Competition, and the National John Steinbeck Competition. As news editor of the American Meteorological Society’s monthly magazine, Rachel both edits and writes about the hot topic of global warming for the magazine as well as the society's blog, The Front Page.