Email Author Mara Altman

2006 Stories by Mara Altman

• City Rump

  published December 19, 2006

  Gert Jonkers bends down to pick up his shopping bags. His crack peeks out below his T-shirt hemline; I take the partial moon as an auspicious... More >>

• Bed Bugs & Beyond

  published December 5, 2006

  A woman in her mid-fifties walks through Jeff Eisenberg's office door. She's got a blond bob and cherry lipstick on. She's out of breath;... More >>

• When the Bedbugs Bite

  published December 5, 2006

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• The Wedding That Wasn't

  published November 28, 2006

  Sean Bell was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital in Queens by the time the pastry chef, only a couple miles away, began preparing the 23-year-old... More >>

• The Body Beautiful

  published November 14, 2006

  Analise Rivera moves her focus rapidly back and forth from the overhead projection screen to the paper on her desk, jotting in her notebook... More >>

• The Young and the Helpless

  published October 17, 2006

  The brown walls, metal grating covering windows, bricks layered one atop the other, the glossy flooring and fluorescent lighting don't add up to... More >>