Drawing Fishes
Geoffrey Smagacz
Maryanne was sure her watercolor fishes accurately resembled the speckled trout and the blue gill of native waters, but she castigated her pastel rendering of a barracuda because she’d never seen one.
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Although he was raised in the sticks, Geoffrey Smagacz currently lives and works in New York City where he is finishing his third unpublished novel. He holds a literature degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia. His writing has appeared in Candelabrum Poetry Magazine, 14 by 14, Ascent Aspirations, Times Newsweekly, and Midwest Book Review.
