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Ghost Bread – New Literary Fiction

Just Published at Antonym

Ghost Bread – New Literary Fiction

Ghost Bread – New Literary Fiction. Hello, Dear Readers! This episode of MEF brings you my latest published short story. Ghost Bread was chosen for Antonym Magazine’s themed issue: Truth and Reconciliation – Post Conflict Reckoning. A family of Syrian refugees flees their war-torn homeland, enduring a harrowing journey. The characters travel great distances in this brief story, both geographically and culturally. They arrive in Europe empty-handed, alone in a strange new world.

What the Editors Say:

Marco Etheridge’s Ghost Bread poignantly captures the sadness, desperation, and the faint glimmer of hope that the uncertain life of a refugee embodies. Tracing the journey of a family from war-torn Syria to Vienna, it delineates their brutal dehumanization and exploitation at the hands of human traffickers and agents. Yet even as the refugee reaches her desired goal resettlement in a foreign land – the pain of displacement and loss lives on. Syria has been at the forefront of the refugee crisis for over a decade, with over 10 million men, women and children being displaced and in need of asylum.

Read the Story Now!

Read Ghost Bread

Or, if you’re button phobic, here is the link to Antonym Magazine, where you can read my lit-fiction story Ghost Bread. Your free read is standing by!

https://antonymmag.com/ghost-bread-marco-etheridge

More Stories Coming Your Way…

I’m here to tell you, Friends and Neighbors, it’s has been a wild week here at MEF. The deluge of stories may have run itself down to a trickle, but a huge wave is cresting the horizon. That wave is titled: Orphaned Lies. That’s right, Dear Readers! My very first collected volume of short stories is live, ready for your eager eyes. You can get your copy today, at fine online booksellers worldwide. All of the details are here at the MEF website.

Marco Etheridge

Marco Etheridge is a writer of prose, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over one hundred reviews and journals across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. His story “Power Tools” has been nominated for Best of the Web for 2023. “Power Tools” is Marco’s latest collection of short fiction. When he isn’t crafting stories, Marco is a contributing editor for a new ‘Zine called Hotch Potch. In his other life, Marco travels the world with his lovely wife Sabine. Website: https://bro.uxw.mybluehost.me/

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