Ellen Boyers Kwatnoski

Ellen Boyers Kwatnoski lives and writes by the waterfront in the southwest sector of Washington, DC. Her Pushcart Prize-nominated story appeared in The Northern Virginia Review. She is seeking representation for a novel, a contemporary reframing of the story of the three graces. She has also written for the Washington Independent Review of Books, serves as a board member of a DC-based modern dance company, and blogs about art, design, dance, and other sources of inspiration at ellenkwatnoski.com.

No Better Place Between Sea and Sky

For the first time in fifty years of marriage, Arthur Bookman was keeping a secret from his wife. It was a new secret, acquired the day before they left for the cruise, and it chafed as uncomfortably as a pebble in his shoe.
Now, as their ship sliced through the waters off the west coast of Mexico, Arthur and his wife Faye stepped out onto the aft pool deck where rows of sun worshipers were broiling themselves in the tropical sun.

Issue 72, April 2023

Ellen Boyers Kwatnoski

Ellen Boyers Kwatnoski lives and writes by the waterfront in the southwest sector of Washington, DC. Her Pushcart Prize-nominated story appeared in The Northern Virginia Review. She is seeking representation for a novel, a contemporary reframing of the story of the three graces. She has also written for the Washington Independent Review of Books, serves as a board member of a DC-based modern dance company, and blogs about art, design, dance, and other sources of inspiration at ellenkwatnoski.com.

No Better Place Between Sea and Sky

For the first time in fifty years of marriage, Arthur Bookman was keeping a secret from his wife. It was a new secret, acquired the day before they left for the cruise, and it chafed as uncomfortably as a pebble in his shoe.
Now, as their ship sliced through the waters off the west coast of Mexico, Arthur and his wife Faye stepped out onto the aft pool deck where rows of sun worshipers were broiling themselves in the tropical sun.

Issue 72, April 2023

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