Read “Allegheny Lane”
Read the last of my winter trilogy in Classic Chicago magazine
I’m pleased to announce the debut of my newest short story, “Allegheny Lane.”
This is the third in my winter trilogy introducing fiction for the first time in Classic Chicago magazine. It’s an unequivocally short story—around a thousand words—about a boy walking his dog in his neighborhood one season.
The theme is trust. Like the previous two stories in the series, the character at stake is the boy. Loosely, the other trilogy stories have bodies of water in common with this tale. Listen to me read “Allegheny Lane” aloud when you become a paid podcast subscriber. Read the story in Classic Chicago here.
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“Allegheny Lane” by Scott Holleran
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