http://www.literal-latte.com A Journal of Poetry, Prose and Art Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/swallows/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/swallows/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:12:35 +0000 Christie B. Cochrell http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1636 Winner, 2011 Short Short Contest. Isabel would attribute her undoing to that summer in Crete. She would recall how she was minding her own business, reproachlessly conducting research on the iconography of 14th-Century frescoes, when she found God...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/swallows/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/moss/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/moss/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:10:48 +0000 Christie B. Cochrell http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1655 Winner, 2011 Short Short Contest. "A rolling stone gathers no moss." That was the creed of the Stone family, proclaimed like God's own truth by Mr. Stone all through the two boys' school years...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/moss/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/leopard-skin-coat/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/leopard-skin-coat/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:09:47 +0000 Jennifer Adams http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1624 Second Prize, 2011 Literal Latte Fiction Award. A black cab dropped them off at his family's London townhouse in the middle of a side street smashed between Notting Hill and Kensington. They stepped out....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/leopard-skin-coat/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/the-mourning-dove/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/the-mourning-dove/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:10:21 +0000 L. E. Grabowski-Cotton http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1610 First Prize, 2011 Literal Latte Fiction Award. When Emily entered the kitchen that evening, she wasn't surprised to see newspapers spread all over the floor, the counters, the table. There seemed to be less than yesterday....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2012/01/the-mourning-dove/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2011/05/with-shakespeare-in-the-admissions-room-at-yale/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2011/05/with-shakespeare-in-the-admissions-room-at-yale/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 04:32:59 +0000 Marc Harshman http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1540 Winner, 2010 Literal Latte Short Short Contest. The bulldog squats on the mantel, smug in his silence. Inside the mirror a man is noosing his blue tie through the collar of a yellow shirt. The dental work crowning the wainscoting empowers the room to speak for everyone....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2011/05/with-shakespeare-in-the-admissions-room-at-yale/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2011/05/and-the-catafalques-are-all-empty/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2011/05/and-the-catafalques-are-all-empty/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 04:16:59 +0000 Marc Harshman http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1535 Winner, 2010 Literal Latte Short Short Contest. I am already dreaming about you, Russell Edson, wondering where you are, if you’re still tinkering with the language, leaving surprise packets in the unguarded provinces of our groins...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2011/05/and-the-catafalques-are-all-empty/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/10/four-stories-from-the-quiet/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/10/four-stories-from-the-quiet/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:49:03 +0000 Robert Moulthrop http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1403 First Prize (tie), 2010 K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award. I am still attracted to quiet. Even when Estelle was frenetic, I sensed an interior calm. She had combed her raven hair; her hands could sometimes be still. And her name held a promise: diamond pinpoints of light hanging still in a dark, black winter sky...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/10/four-stories-from-the-quiet/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/10/the-philosophers-club/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/10/the-philosophers-club/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:40:23 +0000 Leslie Rodd http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1374 First Prize (tie), 2010 K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award. In the shadows of early afternoon, on a day of breakthroughs, I'm standing with Smitty and Sonya in front of the Kansas Asylum for the Insane in Topeka, where we've come to visit Monica. It's June, 1940. We graduated from high school last week — our ceremony cancelled because of the tragedy — and already we're feeling old.]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/10/the-philosophers-club/feed/ 3 http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/03/mrs-ruzicka-goes-solo/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/03/mrs-ruzicka-goes-solo/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:16:04 +0000 Elisa Pulido http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1198 Symphony No. 6 in D, but now that the orchestra has begun Dvorak's Serenade for strings, she is sure of it. The grace of his bow splits her chest like a surgeon's knife[...]]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/03/mrs-ruzicka-goes-solo/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/03/hazardous-waste/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/03/hazardous-waste/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:12:31 +0000 Linda Hanley Finigan http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1192 http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/03/hazardous-waste/feed/ 2 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/escape/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/escape/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:08 +0000 John Shea http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1038 Honorable Mention, Latte Short Short Awards 2009 We've been told to escape. We've been told not to expect assistance, given the circumstances. We've been told that the enemy is not merely closer but is inside....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/escape/feed/ 2 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/respiratory-system-resuscitator/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/respiratory-system-resuscitator/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:06 +0000 John Shea http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1050 A Tale from Websters... "I should have taken better care of myself." After drink and drugs and various forms of excess — some better left in memory's shadows — his hands occasionally shook and his respiratory system was . . . well, let's just say it was not always reliable...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/respiratory-system-resuscitator/feed/ 2 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/tidewater-breakdown/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/tidewater-breakdown/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:04 +0000 Sarah McCraw Crow http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1022 Second Prize 2009 Latte Fiction Awards. Brian was late getting home — he'd gone surfing with Rob, down at Rudee Inlet, and they'd stayed out a little too long, waiting for one decent spring wave — but even now, Carly's minivan wasn't in the driveway....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/tidewater-breakdown/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/virgin-flight-244-chicago-to-heathrow/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/virgin-flight-244-chicago-to-heathrow/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:02 +0000 M. M. De Voe http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1036 First Prize 2009 Latte Short Short Contest. In airborne darkness, the pain of birth. She grabs her neck just above the locket and feels the pointy head of a small creature...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/virgin-flight-244-chicago-to-heathrow/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/audition/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/audition/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:01 +0000 M. M. De Voe http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1031 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/audition/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mares-eat-oats/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mares-eat-oats/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:53 +0000 George Dila http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=854 Second Prize 2009 Latte Fiction Awards. We got this assignment in our Adult Ed creative writing class, the assignment being to write a little story about our mother, Mother's Day being just a couple of weeks away, and all. Just one page. Like a sketch or a vignette. A little scene, maybe, with some action and dialogue. ]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mares-eat-oats/feed/ 15 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/nature-vs-nurture/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/nature-vs-nurture/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:35 +0000 Carol Winters http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=845 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/nature-vs-nurture/feed/ 2 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/depersonalization/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/depersonalization/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:08 +0000 Virginia Aronson http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=849 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/depersonalization/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mr-benz/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mr-benz/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:35:23 +0000 Luke Fiske http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=836 First Prize 2009 Latte Fiction Awards. My wife came home that first evening with a note. Dear Karen, I seem to be lying here more and more thinking about how grateful I am to you, and what a special person you are[...]]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mr-benz/feed/ 4 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/a-small-rectangular-dredge/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/a-small-rectangular-dredge/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:43:19 +0000 Renée Bacher http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=362 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/a-small-rectangular-dredge/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/book-of-cakes/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/book-of-cakes/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:42:29 +0000 Karen Ackland http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=365 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/book-of-cakes/feed/ 2 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/elsie-and-the-ladder/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/elsie-and-the-ladder/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:42:15 +0000 Abraham Schneider http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=370 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/elsie-and-the-ladder/feed/ 1 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/living-remains/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/living-remains/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:41:40 +0000 Dennis Mahoney http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=438 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/living-remains/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/ad/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/ad/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:41:17 +0000 Brian Yansky http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=434 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/ad/feed/ 0 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/whu-rllaey-worte-bradbury-a-coqiluloum/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/whu-rllaey-worte-bradbury-a-coqiluloum/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:40:47 +0000 Terry Hertzler http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=405 (Tied) Winner 2008 Latte Short Shorts Contest. Fleolw hisortnais & sekrees ov tutrh, wocelme tu the beuiftaul becheas ov Devenr on the Ilse ov Coralodo! Snice tihs coqiluloum iz metineg tu dicusss mteatrs ov sifancgniice tu ar cunontiing msisoin ov hisortcail rveceroy[...]]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/whu-rllaey-worte-bradbury-a-coqiluloum/feed/ 0