Through streaming tears, your pilgrim peers With eyes red from the ride He thinks ahead to beer and bed His woman by his side. “Oh shit.” I thought, “She’s gonna Kick My Ass.” With two hundred miles between the…
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Short Story: “Momentary”
My stomach sank like an anchor when I finished reading my most recent text message. The phone felt as heavy in my hands as the information did in my head. One of my two worst fears had become a reality.…
Short Story: “Mother”
The rainy season left a depressing outlook on the travellers down highway 55. Kevin Reese was not immune to these feelings of loneliness and depression. He had been on the road for eight hours straight and was feeling the strain…
Short Story: “A Hole in Page Ten”
They sit at their little scuffed up table in the corner, and drown in the silence. Four old hands, scuffed up and wrinkled and spotted, a pair set down in a lap, the other pair in air, the world stretched…
“The Siskiyou” Adds Reader-Submitted Short Stories Column
The Siskiyou is happy to announce that we are starting a new column solely featuring content published by our student readers. If you’ve written a short story and would like to share it with the community, this is a great opportunity…