Pushcart Prize nominee Joe Okonkwo's short stories have appeared in a variety of print and online venues, including Storychord, Cooper Street, Promethean, Penumbra Literary Magazine, Chelsea Station, Shotgun Honey, and Best Gay Stories 2015. He holds an MFA in creative writing from City College of New York.
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On a sweltering summer night in 1925, beauties in beaded dresses mingle with hepcats in dapper suits on the streets of Harlem. The air is thick with reefer smoke, and jazz pours out of speakeasy doorways. Ben Charles and his devoted wife, Angeline, are am... SEE MORE