Publication news: “Weather Report” — Literary Veganism

 Hello everyone

Hope you are all well into recovery!

Another publication to announce, this in an interesting lit mag up in the States.

A long-term vegetarian, the next step has been a bit hard in my case, though I've been working on reducing dairy a while now. The guys at Literary Veganism are more dedicated and purposeful. 

An environmental piece from Singapore again, that crucible of social experimentation. Freely available here—

https://www.litvegan.net/2022/09/creative-nonfiction-by-pavle-radonic.html

Creative nonfiction by Pavle Radonic

  “Weather Report” (Singapore, 2011-2022)              By Pavle Radonic 1. Armchair Travel Which big cat’s pee smells like buttered popcor...

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Just as a curiosity, this is what the editor had to say at the time of acceptance:

“The first time I read "Weather Report" I was like, What? But it's rich and gains on a second and third reading…”

A writer always wants this kind of care in an editor!

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur

P

Alien (April26)

Two-three seconds after he had gone the odour of urine left behind by the Punjabi loner hung in the air. Judging duration properly meant taking the full draught, without thinking. Fully three seconds; perhaps three point something by the contemporary digital sports clocks. The last week the man had been given something on three separate occasions, a note at the last, after some further thought between times. On that last occasion it became necessary to mark the event, the pen found in the bag, an old supermarket receipt, when the last eighty days since the return there had been almost nothing to prompt any penmanship. Pink biz shirt (albeit soiled) was a surprise when the retreating figure was followed to his turn for the housing blocks; close at elbow it had not been properly taken. One morning an elderly Chinese ahma had stopped for the man and also given him a note. That was the first time there had been witnessed any contact with a single living soul. Early schoolday memories of being thrust into the hostile world that was the whole of the neighbourhood outside our low brick perimeter wall at home stuck fast.   

 

Publication news: Visiting the Zen Man Al - Pendulum Papers

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Hope you are all very well.

Another publication to announce, this one in the Australian online lit mag Pendulum Papers.

Some of you will remember my friend Alan Ellis. We spread his ashes down at the Newport Fishing Village on Kororoit Creek in Melbourne last year.

Freely available again—

https://www.pendulumpapers.com/current-issue/visiting-the-zen-man-al/page-1/

All best everywhere

Pavle

Publication news: Two poems, Another Chicago Magazine.

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A couple of my short poems have just been published in the States, by Another Chicago Magazine.

Titled Harping On and Leaping Ahead, the first emerges from an Australian setting and second that kopi shop of mine in Geylang Serai.

Freely available—

https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2022/08/04/two-poems-by-pavle-radonic/

Two Poems by Pavle Radonic – Another Chicago Magazine Bill Wolak has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. His collages have appeared as cover art for such magazines as Phoebe, Barfly Poetry Magazine, Ragazine, Cardinal Sins, Pithead Chapel, The Wire’s Dream, and Phantom Kangaroo.His collages and photographs have appeared recently in the 2020 Seattle Erotic Art Festival ... anotherchicagomagazine.net

All best to everyone

P

Publication news: Wife No. 2 & Four Short Pieces - New World Writing

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I have another couple of pieces recently published in the States at New World Writing with Frederick Barthelme.

Five shorts in fact over two postings. Altogether they run to 2.7k words. A spot of cheekiness here and there, among the rest.

Freely available—

https://newworldwriting.net/pavle-radonic-wife-no-2/

Pavle Radonic ~ Wife No. 2 - New World Writing Quarterly Albadaroh. What do her friends call her? Alba? — Alba can. Daroh can. Up to them. More than serviceable English unexpected, learnt from her husband. Not a business type; psychology major, Malaysian… newworldwriting.net

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https://newworldwriting.net/pavle-radonic-four-short-pieces/

Pavle Radonic ~ Four Short Pieces - New World Writing Quarterly 1. Pearly White. Bu M. was a fair way out­ta the usu­al pro­file. But this was Indonesia of course. The first morn­ing she rocked up 20 mins. late on the back of a motor­cy­cle, explain­ing lat­er she was delayed hav­ing brekkie with her hub­bie. newworldwriting.net

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Best to all

Pavle

Golden Shower

A happy mother in Central Java showers neighbours with coin.

On the occasion of a forty year old daughter’s belated marriage, you might think. 

In fact, after three years working in a foreign country (in the latest stint), there was joy and thanksgiving simply in the safe return.

Delight

Like chocolate or honey. Ambrosia or mead perchance. Straight off the supermarket shelf; any grocery or corner store now.

On the side of a bus stopped at the lights that blots out the building opposite, mountaineering gal roping her way up a steep incline.

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH 

PAIN RELIEF

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