The Quiet Reader is an international literary magazine, born in a town called Solitaire, in the state of Quarantine in the country of 2020.
Here is the line-up of our second edition, with stories written by Robert Bagnall, Mark Braidwood, James Edward O’Brien, Jack Coey, Mitchell Davidson, Valerie Hunter, Brian Miller, Lena Ng, Tanner Lee, Vaughan Stanger and Penny Grace Young.
The staff readers for this edition were Tim Lundergan, Michele Van Rensburg, Yen Radecki and Aarushi Shetty. Editing powers came from Jim Clarke, Skip Yetter, Gabrielle Yetter and Ramon Stoppelenburg.
Faivish the Imbecile by Robert Bagnall
The Hour of Lead by Mark Braidwood
One-Way Ticket on a Moonbound Train by James Edward O’Brien
The Fly Under by Jack Coey
The Other Side of Somewhere by Mitchell Davidson
Putting Down Roots by Valerie Hunter
Yule Log (Live!), Christmas 1983 by Bryan Miller
The Ocean Deep by Lena Ng
Mormontown by Tanner Lee
The Book of Love by Vaughan Stanger
Straight Face by Penny Grace Young