Kathryn Holmquist

Stories

Mouse: A Wave of Plague & Death

From Brooklyn & Park Slope about Apartment Life, Flora & Fauna
Published on: 12/31/2006

No Privacy in the Community House Community

From Brooklyn & Park Slope about Paranoia, Representing The Nasty
Published on: 12/31/2006

Recent Stories
- Wonderland
  by Nicole Ferraro 03/08/2010
  In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, 19-year-old Alice – played by Mia Wasikowska – returns to Wonderland, 10 years after her last visit there, to rescue it from the Red Queen. At 26, two decades since my last trip to the rabbit hole, I can only say I envy her.
  I was six years old in [...]
- City Habitats
  by Thaddeus Rutkowski 03/08/2010
  My partner and I found an apartment with one bedroom—one more bedroom than either of us had in our old places. The new residence did not, however, have a bathtub. The bathroom—an extension of a hallway that also served as the kitchen—was too small for a tub. The space left for a tub measured about [...]
- Mrs. Graham, the White Ghost
  by Carl Schinasi 03/08/2010
  As a teenager, I lived with my dysfunctional family in a modest but comfortable apartment in Beechurst, Queens. One Saturday morning, too fried to suffer any longer the slings and arrows of my sorry-assed teenage life, I decided to run away from home.
  I told my mother I was going into Manhattan to spend the day [...]
Recent Comments
- Wonderland (1)
  - Jon Abrams: Beautiful story – perhaps Tim Burton can be persuaded to visit the hole in Queens and conjure...
- Runaways (1)
  - Angelico Valdez: Lovely story. The troubles of motherhood is something that only those who truely love their child...
- Brookti & Me: A Story of Adoption (1)
  - tim schreier: I read this story and was insulted. This narcissism at it’s worst, when a child is used as a...
- Sitting Behind Cybill Shepherd (1)
  - Bonnie Downing: I was so charmed by this story. And I just linked to you; I know my readers will appreciate it as...
- From Kobe, Japan to New York City (and Back Again) (1)
  - David Harlow: A beautiful story. Really is.
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