S. Blair Jockers

S. Blair Jockers is a second-career writer who recently earned an MFA in creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. "House Hunting with Castro" is his first published work.

House Hunting with Castro

1962. Eddie and Percy crouched on the wood floor of their private fort, a three-foot deep pit in Eddie’s backyard, destined to be a small pond after the next serious storm. The plywood roof Eddie’s father Raymond built from an old drafting table in his architect’s office was braced six inches above the edge, providing views in all directions like the rotating gunner’s station on top of a tank.
Long Short Story
Issue 55, November 2021

S. Blair Jockers

S. Blair Jockers is a second-career writer who recently earned an MFA in creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. "House Hunting with Castro" is his first published work.

House Hunting with Castro

1962. Eddie and Percy crouched on the wood floor of their private fort, a three-foot deep pit in Eddie’s backyard, destined to be a small pond after the next serious storm. The plywood roof Eddie’s father Raymond built from an old drafting table in his architect’s office was braced six inches above the edge, providing views in all directions like the rotating gunner’s station on top of a tank.
Long Short Story
Issue 55, November 2021
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