autumn/winter 2009-2010
Bats, rats, a loaded nine millimeter, love lost, outer space, the hardened earth, high wind—there’s a sense of violence and tenacity in the Autumn/Winter issue of Chaparral. A beautiful tenacity, though—as in the striking photographs of rising talent Amelia Burns and Angela Armitage’s unforgettable prose. The new issue features work by some of Southern California’s most interesting voices—work that tears and burns and conveys a starkness, a hard-won resilience, a landscape re-imagined and renewed.
Feather Suit Rag
“Behold, The Servant”
The Man In the Next Bed
Anthony
Smoke
The Guy Who Handles Everything
FD
To New Idria
Thread
The Vandal Bride
Postscript for Madrona Marsh
Open Range
So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion
Recuerdo
Wisdom
This Is the Stuff Family Legends Are Made Of
To the Staining
