Abilene | Stoneslide Corrective: Aftermath Stories | 30 December 2016

Posted on by A.E. Weisgerber

First published on 30 December 2016 in The Stoneslide Corrective.  To jump to the story, click here.

Thank you to editors Christopher Wachlin and Jonathan Weisberg for including this story in the Aftermath Stories special issue!

This is the first of three stories publishing recently or soon, based on my experiences in Austin, Texas.  See also my post on “Cavalry,” and soon a short story called “South Congress” will be published in another magazine.

The artwork, above, is by Jerry Kearns and was photographed in NYC as part of an installation at Mike Weiss Gallery.  Don’t you love it?

Thanks again for visiting my blog — I appreciate your company.

If you’re a new visitor to  Stoneslide, the first three stories you read are on the house, and then it becomes pay-only access.  So enjoy “Abilene” and a couple more, and if you can support this small press with a small donation, please do.

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A. E. Weisgerber is a teacher, editor, and hybrid writer from Orange, New Jersey. Awarded first place for features from the Society of Professional Journalists, she is a Reynolds Journalism Fellow, a 2018 Chesapeake Writer, and 2017’s Frost Place Scholar. Recent items in 3:AM, DIAGRAM, The Alaska Star, Yemassee, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Gravel Mag. Her flash fiction appears in many international anthologies. She is an Associate Series Editor for Wigleaf’s Top 50, and is currently writing her first novel about a terrible family that finally gets something right. @aeweisgerber anneweisgerber.com