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Erica Plouffe Lazure

Marchers

Erica Plouffe Lazure
Marchers

I knew the first time I saw him marching among the other children, this would be the first of a decade’s worth of parades I’d sit through, cheering, waving, catching float candy for later. Turns out I was right. In the past twelve years, Toby moved from Cub Scouts to soccer to marching band, and now here he is, Mr. Drum Major of Mewborn High School, keeping his classmates lockstep in maroon polyester, proud and strong, arm pumping the pole, leading the way down Main Street. Contrary to what … [Read more...] about Marchers

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American Short Fiction Issue 82

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New stories by Lydi Conklin, Annie Liontas, Kyle McCarthy, Carrie R. Moore, KJ Nakazawa-Kern, and Colleen Rosenfeld.

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