Janette Schafer

Janette Schafer is a freelance writer, nature photographer, full-time banker and part-time rock singer living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her writing and photographs have appeared in numerous publications. A collection of her poetry titled "Something Here Will Grow" will be published by Main Street Rag in 2020. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of Beautiful Cadaver Project Pittsburgh.

A recipe for apple pie

First, gather the apples. After the neighbors move out, in the seclusion of nightfall, crawl with your little sister beneath a gap dug by their brown dog underneath the fence between their yard and yours. Shimmy on your belly like a snake. Once you are safely inside their abandoned homestead, reach up to take a large bowl your mother hands you over the wooden fence posts.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 34, February 2020

Janette Schafer

Janette Schafer is a freelance writer, nature photographer, full-time banker and part-time rock singer living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her writing and photographs have appeared in numerous publications. A collection of her poetry titled "Something Here Will Grow" will be published by Main Street Rag in 2020. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of Beautiful Cadaver Project Pittsburgh.

A recipe for apple pie

First, gather the apples. After the neighbors move out, in the seclusion of nightfall, crawl with your little sister beneath a gap dug by their brown dog underneath the fence between their yard and yours. Shimmy on your belly like a snake. Once you are safely inside their abandoned homestead, reach up to take a large bowl your mother hands you over the wooden fence posts.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 34, February 2020

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