Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
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The Soul When It's Calm
by
Meg Pokrass

Dolphins swim inside the soul when it's calm, the TV yoga woman says, her face so relaxed it appears infantile. Suddenly, you feel heat, and will need to stay very calm to remind yourself, over and over, how the world is not exactly what you thought it would be, but there are ways to cope. According to enlightened people, humans are being squeezed between Venus and Mars, and may as well revel. You are still sitting there staring at the TV yoga babe when the phone rings, and you do not answer it this time - maybe this is the first time ever you just let it ring.

Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Meg Pokrass
Meg Pokrass
USA
Meg Pokrass is a fiction writer and poet who edits for Smokelong Quarterly and serves as a mentor for the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions. Her story, "Leaving Hope Ranch", published in Storyglossia in September 2009, was also selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 List. Another of Meg's stories, "Lost and Found", first published in elimae, was selected for Storyglossia's Short Story Month. Her chapbook, Lost and Found, includes art by Cooper Renner of elimae. Meg interviews writers for Fictionaut, having taken over the Fictionaut Five. She has published over 100 stories and poems.
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)