Vautrin

Life, liberty… chicanery, survival and revenge. Jefferson would have put that in, but they couldn’t get funding for a magazine. So they made it a declaration instead.Down in the basement where we keep the Vautrin press, all manner of pamphlets and propaganda infiltrate the collective unconscious. The Winter 2021 issue is laced with agendas and hidden messages. The goal has always been to make millions. Retire early. It’s the same for any literary endeavor.In this issue:Blair Kroeber | GingerbreadA Jubilant Fruit kiosk-kind of revenge.Saira Viola | Monkey FizzKat Sloane could do with a shot of cash.Alison Katon | GodspeedMegan just wanted to get away, up highway 41 to Green Bay.Brian Silverman | Where the Happy People GoPhil Trullo ushers in the New Year.Leslie Elman | The Troll Was An Old ManThe women at this funeral have a little something in common.Michael Bracken | CrushBryce is a great catch. Her suitors mean business.Emilee Prado | Envy the AnimalsRendezvous at Hegira.Albert Tucher | The Zen of Mickey D’sDiana’s adventure in higher learning.Scott Phillips | War EagleCreeping around a boxcar, checking for bulls. Excerpt from a work-in-progress.Wendy Purcell | Planting a Money TreeAn utterly reasonable proposition.Paul J. Garth | ApertureJefferson needs a shot.Rob Pierce | China, My ChinaWhat kind of people go on a dig?James Sallis | RevenanceRandom sounds, open chambers, baffled passageways.Divya Mehrish | CrimsonIn which Carys ponders her regrets.Paul Dee Fecteau | Liber ‘LXIII vel The Gematria of Lee Harvey OswaldThe second installment of this Vautrin series finds the young screenwriter attempting to decipher hidden meanings in the aliases of Lee Harvey Oswald.Book Review:Bruce Jacobs | An Unconventional RabbiBad deeds are Tod Goldberg’s bread and butter.