Mary Fifield

Mary Fifield's fiction has appeared in J Journal, Midway Journal, Fiction Southeast, and others. One of her stories was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and another was a finalist for the Ernest Hemingway Flash Fiction Prize. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Good Men Project, Cargo Literary, and other online and print publications. She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from San Diego State University and is working on her third novel.

Whale Scouts

Three dollars in pennies. A handful of over-the-counter decongestant pills, expired. A piece of fabric printed with elephants from a pair of pajamas he had as a kid. A compact fluorescent light bulb. Folded liner notes from “A Love Supreme.” A rusted USB flash drive. Hair in a hair brush. A dried oleander flower. A flint of quartz.

Mary Fifield

Mary Fifield's fiction has appeared in J Journal, Midway Journal, Fiction Southeast, and others. One of her stories was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and another was a finalist for the Ernest Hemingway Flash Fiction Prize. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Good Men Project, Cargo Literary, and other online and print publications. She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from San Diego State University and is working on her third novel.

Whale Scouts

Three dollars in pennies. A handful of over-the-counter decongestant pills, expired. A piece of fabric printed with elephants from a pair of pajamas he had as a kid. A compact fluorescent light bulb. Folded liner notes from “A Love Supreme.” A rusted USB flash drive. Hair in a hair brush. A dried oleander flower. A flint of quartz.

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