LeeAnn Sosa

LeeAnn Sosa recently self-published a book called The House of Miranda Alba/La casa de Miranda Alba. It is a mystery/melodrama using as a start-point, a Spanish play written in 1936 called The House of Bernarda Alba. The play is about sexual repression and conformity; and she has transferred these themes to a novel set in the time of the Cold War.

Michael’s Father

I used to see Michael’s father nearly every day. He would be sitting on the steps of a church at the corner of Chestnut and Central, his face turned squarely into the bright sun and his eyes would be closed. He could be getting a suntan except that if you wait long enough you see that he periodically drops his head into his hands and remains like that, head bowed and cradled, his shoulders occasionally shaking. He looks like a statue…

Long Short Story

Issue 35, March 2020

LeeAnn Sosa

LeeAnn Sosa recently self-published a book called The House of Miranda Alba/La casa de Miranda Alba. It is a mystery/melodrama using as a start-point, a Spanish play written in 1936 called The House of Bernarda Alba. The play is about sexual repression and conformity; and she has transferred these themes to a novel set in the time of the Cold War.

Michael’s Father

I used to see Michael’s father nearly every day. He would be sitting on the steps of a church at the corner of Chestnut and Central, his face turned squarely into the bright sun and his eyes would be closed. He could be getting a suntan except that if you wait long enough you see that he periodically drops his head into his hands and remains like that, head bowed and cradled, his shoulders occasionally shaking. He looks like a statue…

Long Short Story

Issue 35, March 2020

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