by dave petraglia | Jun 15, 2016 | CULTURE |
(First published in Per Contra – Issue 40 – Summer 2016) “The hill will break your neck, Claire Roux,” Mssr. Fabre would say. Aside the road the last apples clung to thinning canopies, dark ghosts sapped by the season’s first frosts. The air was a crisp...
by dave petraglia | May 23, 2016 | CULTURE |
(First published in matchbook literary magazine – May 23, 2016) My 61st great-grandpa, Pontius, the Sixth Governor and Procurator of Judea, pronounced Christ’s death sentence and went home to eat grilled sardines and wine with his wife, my 61st...
by dave petraglia | Apr 2, 2016 | CULTURE |
(First published in Gravel Magazine – May 2016) There are ‘Hacktivists’, who use computers and networks subversively to advance political agendas. And ‘Slacktivists’: Hacktivist wannabes who just go for feel-good measures in support of social causes. And it...
by dave petraglia | Apr 4, 2016 | CULTURE, MUSIC, PERSONALITIES |
(First published in North American Review – April 4, 2016) I’m Denny Pell, and that was the year I changed my last name to Dorito. Legally. Because I could. I was a newly-minted lawyer then. And I liked the word. I liked filing the papers. While I’ve always...
by dave petraglia | Mar 4, 2016 | EVOLUTION |
(First published in New Pop Lit – March 4, 2016) “I’ve never had a problem with being a Dummy,” Sean told the doctor. “Virgin Thermo. First mold. They can’t take that away from me.” “Is someone trying to take that from you?” “Not how I meant that. I’m...
