New Voices: "For Emergency Use Only"
Fiction by Ethan Rutherford


“Three weeks passed. Every day we waited for something to signal us that now was the time. At the first flash, we were ready to hop in bed so our shadows—when they were found later, burned into the wall—would give some humorless archaeologist of the future something to think about. An iconic image—our present to the world. But, no flash.”

In the second installment in our series of fiction by emerging authors, a young couple searches for explanations—and for solidarity—in the wake of an apocalypse that forgot them.

Ethan Rutherford was born and raised in Seattle, WA. A recent graduate of Williams College, he currently resides in New York City. “For Emergency Use Only” is his first published work.








Esopus 4 (Spring 2005)

CONTENTS:
ARTIST'S PROJECT: EDWARD RUSCHA
Book Covers

Cuoca
By Jody Williams VIEW ONLINE

The Greatest
By Ulysses Davis

Soft Serve
By Daniel Tannehill Neely VIEW ONLINE

ARTIST'S PROJECT: SHANAN KURTZ
"All the Eyes Are Mine"

New Voices: "For Emergency Use Only"
Fiction by Ethan Rutherford

Alex Shear's Object Lesson #4
(Removable Insert)

100 Frames: Claire Denis's "Vendredi Soir"
Introduction by Ellen Kuras VIEW ONLINE

Found Object: Yours Very Truly
Contributed by Steven Heller VIEW ONLINE

ARTIST'S PROJECT: ATI MAIER
"See It Loud"

Angus Trumble's 1685 in Retrospect
One Year. One Page.

First Subscriber Invitational: Imaginary Friends
lllustrations by Yvetta Fedorova