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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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Lou Gaglia

Lou Gaglia’s work has appeared in Eclectica Magazine, The Brooklyner, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Prick of the Spindle, JMWW, Untoward Magazine, Blue Lake Review, and many other publications. His first story collection, Poor Advice, will be published by Aqueous Books in early 2014. He is a long-time teacher, first in New York City and now in upstate New York.