Jamie’s Dragon
By Peg Alford Pursell |
Jamie saved up her babysitting money for the tattoo. It hadn’t taken long, her dad liberal with his guilt money. He paid her well to handle his responsibilities — Jamie’s twin half-brothers — while he ...
Peg Alford Pursell
Peg Alford Pursell (the dream/life triptych) received the South Carolina State Fiction Award and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her stories have appeared in Joyland Magazine, The Los Angeles Review, Emprise Review and others. She is a NEH Independent Study Fellow, a fiction editor for Prick of the Spindle, and curator of the Why There Are Words lit reading series. http://pegalfordpursell.com
The Maid’s Dream
By Peg Alford Pursell |
Lately she'd been waking with the sense of having an important dream forgotten in the moment of opening her eyes. The dream would be transformative if only she could remember it. Each day as she ...
The Girl and the Stone
By Peg Alford Pursell |
The stone was green. It may have been moss that made it so. He didn't know; he picked it up from the side of the road and threw it. Ahead of him the girl fell ...