ALL THINGS ANNE (GREEN GABLES) - SUMMER ISSUE
ANNE SHIRLEY, REVISITED
Creative Nonfiction
by
Marilyn Kriete
My orange, hardcover Anne of Green Gables, minus the dust jacket, surfaces at the family cabin fifty years later. My mother must have moved it. When I ran away at fourteen, she confiscated everything, eager to erase all traces of her willful daughter. But gradually, in precious bits and pieces, totems from my childhood find their way back. I slip it in my suitcase when she’s not looking.
Anne is back.
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Creative Nonfiction
by
Marilyn Kriete
My orange, hardcover Anne of Green Gables, minus the dust jacket, surfaces at the family cabin fifty years later. My mother must have moved it. When I ran away at fourteen, she confiscated everything, eager to erase all traces of her willful daughter. But gradually, in precious bits and pieces, totems from my childhood find their way back. I slip it in my suitcase when she’s not looking.
Anne is back.
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THE DOLLHOUSE
Fiction
by
Lily MacKenzie
On Gloria’s tenth birthday, her mother led her into their garage after school and planted the girl in front of a huge box—at least four feet tall and just as wide. She said, “UPS delivered it this morning, but it wouldn’t fit through the front door.” Kitchen knife in hand, she slashed the cardboard. It fell away, exposing a miniature Victorian house. The outside was painted a deep forest green with pale yellow trim. The inside had high ceilings; tall, skinny windows; floral papered walls; and polished oak floors.
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Fiction
by
Lily MacKenzie
On Gloria’s tenth birthday, her mother led her into their garage after school and planted the girl in front of a huge box—at least four feet tall and just as wide. She said, “UPS delivered it this morning, but it wouldn’t fit through the front door.” Kitchen knife in hand, she slashed the cardboard. It fell away, exposing a miniature Victorian house. The outside was painted a deep forest green with pale yellow trim. The inside had high ceilings; tall, skinny windows; floral papered walls; and polished oak floors.
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