Email Author Amanda Scioscia

2001 Stories by Amanda Scioscia

• Chez No More

  published August 2, 2001

  It was a small victory for Chez Nous when the City of Phoenix took up sides with all the people who want to save the swanky cocktail lounge at... More >>

• A Life That Almost Happened

  published July 26, 2001

  The dead Hispanic male lay face up in the grass, one bullet in his brain. He was a young man, barely 20, wearing a blue-and-white-checkered... More >>

• Cop Out

  published May 17, 2001

  The pile in the road didn't look human. It was a cardboard box, crushed and mangled by Friday evening's rush hour, or a pile of stray clothes,... More >>

• Rec Room

  published May 10, 2001

  When lovers of the Sonoran Desert talk about it, you can almost imagine grandchildren rolling their eyes as old-timers describe the way things... More >>

• Justice for Some

  published April 19, 2001

  Sympathetic onlookers squirmed in their seats and dabbed their eyes with tissues as they listened to stories of torture. Jim Herriman beat his... More >>

• Don't Take a Hike

  published March 22, 2001

  As a teacher of inner-city kids, Osborn Middle School P.E. instructor Kevin Cherilla hoped his Mount Everest expedition would bring a message... More >>

• Steers and Queers

  published February 15, 2001

  The morning mist has burned away, and the long, auburn hair of rodeo contestants #108 and #109 glistens in the midday sun. They are dressed in... More >>