Yellow Pages by Frank Haberle
You arrive at the third loading dock on the mountain side of the plant, itself a huge, blue, aluminum-sided mountain. You are there at 8 o’clock, as you were told. You are…
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Issue #3
Everything we printed in Issue #3 of Dual Coast Magazine: 95 pieces of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and more, free to read online in print order.
See the contents of Issue #3 with page numbers, or read the original printed issue there as a PDF.
Together by Jim Doering
I awaken to an empty house, save for our chocolate-lab-beagle-mix, Lolly, who pushes her way into our bedroom. She opens the door with her large, brown muzzle, excited to wake me up.…
Ellie’s Favorite Puppy Biscuits
Ingredients: 1 cup pumpkin puree 3 tbsps. peanut butter 2 eggs 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup quick oats 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Preheat oven to 325°F * Combine all ingredients…
A Glass of Scotch by Margaret McNellis
The basement air was thick and clammy. A hunter-green Formica bar stretched along the back wall, beneath well windows long since claimed by spiders whose webs hung like stained lace curtains. Mirrored…
The Wedding Toast
Here’s to your coffins May they be made of hundred-year-old oaks Which we shall plant tomorrow. May you both live as long as you want, and never want as long as you…
Nonexistent by Nells Wasilewski
“You have got to be kidding me,” I said. “Nope,” the lady at the desk replied, “No one by the name you gave me, sorry.” She rudely turned her back and proceeded…
Spring by Shetu Mitra
Spring brings blossoms new New life and new beginnings Birds chirping happily Kaleidoscopic colours everywhere Poetry in flowers Season of ---- Immortality ---- Of seasons Flowers in poetry Everywhere colours kaleidoscopic Happily…
PoetryAfter the party by Heather Adams
After the Party From the upstairs window I can see across the street where the party was. They are packing stacks of dishes and folding up tablecloths while the fountain in the…
Old Wine by Jackie Maugh Robinson
Old wine in a bottle on a shelf in the cellar lasts forever keeps the promise of new fruit on the vine No failure, no regret no bitter dregs of desire never…
Underground Prince by Linda Sacco
I am aware Any snake seems charming With the right music It doesn’t matter where This might lead Underground prince will disappear If I could find the switch It doesn’t matter what…
Potential by Linda Sacco
“Is this a killing animal?” a child says “So beautiful!” says the adult Long, brown and tawny patterned neck Stretches, with a curve And munches on grass Separating the hunched over crowd…
PoetryReal Presence by Benjamin Nardolilli
Real Presence Buttons are popping out and everyone Claims they need my knickknacks As my head is filled with bric-a-brac, The year is landing down into holidays, Where days slide into one…
Barrens by Benjamin Nardolilli
The hills are as green as okra, A rare color these days. Fresh okra too, Even rarer as well. Someone disappointed in the season Dyed the dead grass. We walk together in…
PoetryHeated Reverie by Deborah Guzzi
Heated Reverie Ashen storm clouds brew between furrows on his brow. Catastrophe awaits luminous tears well, yet again, in her oval eyes. Mania mounts his visage; her son’s brow creases. Cringing, she…
Prince of North Vietnam by Stephen Reynolds
Every day at 9 pm, the Vietnamese fisherman steps off of his quaint vessel. He crosses the decaying deck and walks across the small strip of beach nestled between my Wal-Mart lawn…
Never Out of Season by Timothy Hicks
I was wiping the dust off an old snow globe in the upstairs attic, when a mop of honey-blonde hair suddenly appeared through the wooden flooring. “I thought I’d find you here,”…
Prelude to an American Wedding by Darren Young
The incandescent atmosphere blinded Will into a contradictory stupor of visual delight and dismay. He stood, luggage in hand, outside of a hotel, his eyes fixed on a chapel twenty yards away.…
Drop Out by Phillip Temples
The bearded, homeless man yanked down on his ill-fitting sweater. It was a hot August afternoon on Tremont Street near the Boston Commons. He shivered briefly. “Buddy. Can you spare some change?”…
April’s Impossibly Easy PB Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1 cup white sugar 1 egg ½ tsp. vanilla extract Topping: 3 tbsps. white sugar ½ tbsp. ground cinnamon Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350°F 2.…
FictionDown to Size by Terry Sanville
I hate tall women. Well, maybe hate is too strong. Begrudge or even envy might be more accurate. I first felt this way in High School while watching Mother bend over her…