Justin Quarry
Justin Quarry is a graduate of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, where he was a Henry Hoyns Fellow, and a recipient of other fellowships and scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Jentel Arts Foundation, the Ragdale Foundation, KHN Center for the Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in TriQuarterly, Sou'wester, Fiction, LIT, and The Southeast Review.
Heart Farm (an excerpt)
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The chimeras need feed. Their trough is empty except for pieces of orange rind strewn like busted taillights. They spit cud at its sides in protest. Their trough is an old fishing boat, Eddie’s dead father’s; the mushy lumps thud hollowly against the metal, inching the boat across the dewy grass at angles.
Eddie goes to the barn to prepare their feed. A lump, greenish, clips his arm from behind on the way. Per Dr. Wu’s instructions, and the American Heart Association’s recommendations, each serving of feed includes a measured blend of fruit (primarily citrus), legumes (beans, peas), vegetables (broccoli, zucchini), and whole grains (such as oats), tossed with cod liver oil. The …
