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JOSHUA MICHAEL STEWART: The Cartoon Character Based On Me

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Drawn. Erased. Redrawn. A derby instead of a Stetson. Erased. Redrawn with an eggplant nose, pencil-dot eyes. Eyes erased. Replaced with slashes. A handlebar mustache switched out for a Hitler. Voiced by a heavy-drinking man. Then a heavy-smoking woman. Finally, by a nine-year-old girl. Protagonist. Demoted to background character. Cut.

Joshua Michael Stewart is the author of three poetry collections. His work has appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Salamander, New Flash Fiction Review, and elsewhere.

JOSHUA MICHAEL STEWART: Uncle Jake’s Little Black Book

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I found it in a moldy box cleaning out Grandfather’s basement. Uncle J. was all chest hair and tiger-tooth medallion back in ’78, but like his Firebird, only faded Polaroids remain.

The leather-bound pages are blank, except for his own smudged name and a partial phone number encircled by hearts.

Joshua Michael Stewart is the author of three poetry collections. His work has appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Salamander, and elsewhere.