nthposition online magazine

2001

The July issue brings the number of pieces on nthposition to over two thousand. Thanks to the hundreds of contributors, and to Rufo Quintavalle, Ian Simmons and Todd Swift, who have helped corral the flood of submissions over the last eight and a bit years.

Independence Day

by Michael Griffin

[ places - july 10 ]

"The voting paper - a Rosetta Stone for the bewildered - is littered with icons of surpassing terror, including the Roman alphabet, two dozen head-shots and the same number of symbols"

The avenger!

by David Finkle

[ fiction - july 10 ]

"It wasn't entirely on whim that I went backstage to see Bobby Hardin. I tried to fool myself into believing it was, but you can't fool a fooler. Actually, I went back after much forethought."

Annual report

by Seamus Sweeney

[ fiction - july 10 ]

"I look forward to working together to achieve our strategic vision going forward."

Fixers

by Michael Griffin

[ politics | people - july 10 ]

"'Money matters,' said Ajmal Naqshbandi, who met a gruesome death in April 2007, 'because these people don't have friendship. They don't know anything about it. They know you while you're working with them, but after that they don't even recognise you.'"