Mary Lynn Reed’s creative prose has appeared in Fourteen Hills, Colorado Review, Mississippi Review, Free State Review, and many other places. Her short story collection, Phantom Advances, was published by Split/Lip Press in 2023. She lives in western New York with her wife, and together they co-edit the online literary journal MoonPark Review. You can read more of Mary Lynn's work here Story South here Gooseberry Pie and here Barely South Review.
No-frills garden apartment complex in a west-side Tampa suburb. 1980. My favorite T-shirt is a dark blue Adidas. My clarinet is a rental. The reeds scratch the roof of my mouth. I make first chair and get two Pete Fountain LPs for Christmas. Saturday mornings are spent at Major League Lanes West. I’m trying to get strong enough to trade… Read more →