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Tainted Tea Winter 2011 Features

Barista by David Massengill

"Paul watched in awe as the young woman fashioned a human figure out of a stack of napkins and some red string."

Foolish Anger by James G. Piatt

"Adrian glared at the image of the beautiful woman on My Space and blurted out. 'Damn you!'"

Mother by Richard Godwin

"Every night she put his dinner down in front of him. Blood and the stale smell of almonds."

A Balloon Party by Marshall Moore

"When one of the kids in the living room screamed, Felicity Morrison—soon to be the house’s former owner—wished she still smoked."

The Eleven O'Clock by Sharon Goldner

"The Rabbi nods, to be polite, but inside, he is really thinking that perhaps he and [his secretary] should work out some special system set up for cases such as this one when the Rabbi feels the desperate need to escape."

State of Nature by Eric Victor Neagu

"Two hours from St. Paul they turned his father’s Passat, an old beast Meredith had christened 'Last Leg Jane,' onto a lakefront road made of gravel and black coal ash."

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The Tormented by Kristina Gehrmann

Last Man Standing by Kristina Gehrmann

Taking Home the Bride by Kristina Gehrmann

Smile by Kris Fossett and Tim Yockey

And don't forget to read excerpts from Winter 2011 on Tainted Tea's blog.

"The Eleven O'Clock" by Sharon Goldner
"Barista" by David Massengill
"State of Nature" by Eric Victor Neagu

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