Eclectica Magazine's 30th Anniversary

"A Thanksgiving" or "Over Fifty Billion Kafkas Served" will be included in Eclectica Magazine's print anthology of best fiction celebrating thirty years of publishing online. Tom Dooley's magazine will publish a similar anthology of poetry.

Happy Thanksgiving

May your Thanksgiving be filled with dinner and peace.

Thanksgiving

Although I was able to resist an "extra" large pumpkin pie this past weekend, it's never too early to enjoy an American Thanksgiving.

Happy to you, yours, and everyone who gobbles!

lost his way

"A v-shaped squadron of geese breaks the silence with their squawking and barking. A late commute south before the frigid temperatures set in permanently, although from my angle, it appears they head east, maybe slightly to the north even. I'm not the only one who has lost his way, that's for sure. A last goodbye, and then I depart for work."

diamond ring

"At this point, I'm wide awake, even alert, and I begin to see myself past midnight and standing at a rope for discount jewelry. I turn to my left. I can see all the way down the aisle to the toy section. It's a mob scene. Crowds rummage through blue and pink plastic. Shelves in disarray. Grasping, pushing, shoving. An occasional moment of kindness. Our turn arrives. I stumble forward, almost fall, when a store employee releases the yellow cord. I have to recover quickly as everyone around me is already on the move. But I suppose there is a God because it seems my item—the diamond ring—is not the most desired one. It must be too expensive for the midnight Wal-Mart shopper. There are only three of us, and there are four rings. Just like that, I have one. But now I have to escape from the store."

~~ from "A Thanksgiving," by Alex Kudera

     Eclectica Magazine, July / August 2021