The Summerset Review
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Topic: Teen Fashion
Sort Desciption: closet close the teen fashion magazine lying open on her nightstand. I had laughed. when she held it to me in the bookstore and said she needed it. Need? ...
Content Inside: Download in PDF format Editors' Notes Anywhere - a story by Michael F. Smith El Paraiso - a story by Mark Vender Kon Tiki - an essay by Karen Kasaba About Ai - a story by Court Merrigan Contributors' Notes Guidelines for Submissions Previous Issues Copyright The Summerset Review 2004. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of any material on this web site should not be done without written permission granted by the originator. The Summerset Review is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP). of 29 After taking a step back and looking at the stories we’ve selected for this issue we found something mildly amusing: none of them are set anywhere near us; they are spread about the world and speak of individual cultures and varieties we sometimes may have only wondered about. One thing though rings true regardless of their locale —the human element is universal the people you and I know those living in the same town as us and perhaps even we ourselves might very well be associated to the characters in these stories. In “Anywhere” by Michael F. Smith there is something wrong in a Paris museum but not only the French will identify with the fight and the struggle and the yearning for resolution. Chris Ludlow’s artwork “Clock Detail Musee d'Orsay” compliments the piece with its haunting foreground of time ticking on black and foreboding providing glimpses of the great but unknown beyond. In Mark Vendor’s “El Paraiso” a washing machine is due to be delivered to a deserving family in Columbia. The story explores many elements: charity trust responsibility the needs of the needy and the perspectives of what paradise really is. “In paradise locals smile and wave and bougainvilleas spill off colonial balconies simply because it is in their nature. The web of life is perfect whether you are there or not. And you lose yourself in it—vanish from the map.& ...
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