Susan Isla Tepper presented her darkly comic play CLANDESTINE in an Equity Premiere Staged-reading, hosted by SHOPTALK, on June 10 at EAG Guild Hall Theatre, NYC. Her latest Novel “Hair of a Fallen Angel” was published by Spuyten Duyvil Books. A twenty-year writer, she’s written 12 published books of fiction and poetry and 7 stage plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations. Her play ‘The Crooked Heart’ concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. A Youtube music video for her latest novel at: https://youtu.be/W2HVIc4NrqY
http://www.susantepper.com
HOUSE
By Susan Isla Tepper
They brought us to
this house by van
it was almost dark out
told us to settle in
Lots of bedrooms
said the man
stroking a thick moustache
like petting his favorite dog.
You—
he pointed
with his other hand.
I looked at the rest of the girls
guessing I was the dog.
I started to cry.
Shut up he said,
you’re coming with me.
I’m only fourteen
I begged
dropping to my knees.
Shut up
he said again.
I’ve had younger
and better.
Photographer/poet Alexis Rhone Fancher’s photographs are published world-wide, including the covers of The Pedestal Magazine, Witness, Heyday, Pithead Chapel, and The Mas Tequila Review.
A Picture is Worth a Poet’s Words, a book of her photos of over 100 Southern California poets will publish in early 2026 (Moon Tide Press). She calls the Mojave Desert home.
Find her at: www.alexisrhonefancher.com
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