Maev Barba Presents

Issue 1 of Maev Barba Presents, a magazine which features writers from Pluto House and the Barban Observatory and releases Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Lunar New Year.

MOTHER DOME - Maev Barba            

An experiment in architecture, a daughter, and an unflappable mother searching night after night in a structure larger than the Tacoma Dome.

FRIENDSHIP 7 - Robert Eversmann

Boys who dream of being astronauts grow up to go missing for a long, long time.

THE WHALE - Eric Thralby

The whale gave us everything when we had nothing, and then it died-the "exploding whale" of Florence, Oregon, 1970.

THE NIGHTMARE- Robert Eversmann

A cowboy's worst dream is not the day he takes care of children, but the day children take care of him.

DADS DIGGING HOLES - Robert Eversmann

A father who hates his hateful child. A father who loves his lovely child. Who should die?

DEAD HORSES - Robert Eversmann

A game for those of us with dead horses lying around.

MY FATHER, THE VILLAIN - Eric Thralby

The love of our family was not adequate for our father. He would not be satisfied until he took the city by force.

THE TOWN THAT BANNED FUN - Ben Crowley

They took our birthdays. They took our clowns. They took our dolls. What else did we have?

THE CABINET OF CHILDREN

I. Long Beach, WA - Bob Selcrosse

The author Bob Selcrosse cannot escape Long Beach, Washington.

II. The Palmist - Bob Selcrosse

His life, utterly directionless, Bob Selcrosse frequents a shady fish market and visits an unlicensed palmist.