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Pulp City (Both the fall and spring 2008 issues)

Boink Magazine (2007)

Freshwater 2010 (where she earned an honorable mention award for her poem P.S.)

Here is the introduction to her short story The Perfect Shot. This story appeared full-length in Boink magazine, and it's intro appeared in Pulp City.

"She wasn't at all what I had been expecting. Her walk was somewhere between fast and slow, not exactly a saunter. I had told her to dress nicely, but as she neared me I realized her jeans were tattered and her shirt was wrinkled and dirty. From the second I saw her, I knew she was one of those girls who'd [censored]. She had that hungry, desperate look in her eyes. She was searching my face, taking in every detail, sizing me up. Was I ready to fork over the big bucks for head? Or was she going to have to go all the way? [Censored] She was worried. Apprehensive.

"Hi," I said to her. "Erica?"

She nodded meekly and looked at the ground, stuffing her left hand into her pocket as she extended her right hand for me to shake.

"Steven?" she asked. I nodded. Conversation seemed to not be forthcoming from either of us, so I took her hand and we made the wordless journey back to my apartment. She was out of breath when we reached the top of the stairs to my apartment. I snuck a glance at her, at first thinking, She doesn't LOOK out of shape, before I realized that I was also panting."

Alison has a great wealth of other short story and poetry pieces that are looking for homes.

If you're interested in reading more, please contact her at AlisonDowns@gmail.com.