Elizabeth Forsyth

My work has been featured in anthologies by the Museum of Walking, CityLit, Bay Area Library ePublishers, and San Diego Writers Ink, and was recently longlisted for the Berlin Writing Prize 2019. I am a graduate of the Novel Studio program at City, University of London, hold a Certificate in Literary Publishing from Emerson College, and am a Literary Arts Resident with the Shuffle Collective.

Criminal Water

Matt and his dad stand in front of their garage door facing the mud and almond dust caked truck.
“Let’s bring it to a carwash.”
“We’re fine, Matt; everyone’s asleep. No one will hear us. We’ll just wash the truck and then we’re done ’til we have to move the almonds. Just like we planned.”
His dad walks over to the side of the garage to turn on the hose. Matt loses count of the squeaks from the rusty faucet and the curses from his dad. The adrenaline is leaving Matt now, an hour after their theft, and a weariness set in.

Issue 39, July 2020

Elizabeth Forsyth

My work has been featured in anthologies by the Museum of Walking, CityLit, Bay Area Library ePublishers, and San Diego Writers Ink, and was recently longlisted for the Berlin Writing Prize 2019. I am a graduate of the Novel Studio program at City, University of London, hold a Certificate in Literary Publishing from Emerson College, and am a Literary Arts Resident with the Shuffle Collective.

Criminal Water

Matt and his dad stand in front of their garage door facing the mud and almond dust caked truck.
“Let’s bring it to a carwash.”
“We’re fine, Matt; everyone’s asleep. No one will hear us. We’ll just wash the truck and then we’re done ’til we have to move the almonds. Just like we planned.”
His dad walks over to the side of the garage to turn on the hose. Matt loses count of the squeaks from the rusty faucet and the curses from his dad. The adrenaline is leaving Matt now, an hour after their theft, and a weariness set in.

Issue 39, July 2020

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