TREE LULLABY
Once I climbed a towering cotton silk tree. It was spring and the tree was ablaze with uncountable dark red flowers as if ichor flowing...
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Jerome Berglund
- Apr 18, 2021
French Wooden Clogs
“I can't stand it; I know you planned it.” - Beastie Boys The old crone was lying prostrate on the cement sidewalk in the backyard when...
M. Zaman
- Feb 1, 2021
Cherub’s Fallowed Morning
(Southern Celestial Hemisphere) His face aching, emotionless and unflinching, he declared, 'my parents are getting a divorce'. Mother...
Jared Green
- Jan 1, 2021
Fischzauber
by Jared Green William Cheselden's Osteographia (1733) [An Anxiety Attack] I can feel them looking. See them see me. When I close my...
Ulrikka Haveron
- Sep 30, 2020
The Professor
It was an honor to be chosen.
Ryan Rahman
- Sep 30, 2020
Spacefarer
Ryan Rahman On this interstellar journey Through the infinite cosmos Regret comes speeding past. Out here in the vast emptiness,...
Jack Iosue
- Sep 28, 2020
Mayflies and Memories
Bar-goers called him “The Amish Guy.” He wasn’t but smiled while he shook their drinks and wore the title patrons gave him. I sold cigars...
Kate MacDonald
- Sep 27, 2020
My Way
ULTIMATUM When I said I don't want to be alone That it's not enough just speaking on the phone Somehow I felt your face in my hands, I...
Andrew Brilliant
- Sep 27, 2020
Stromboli not a Cannoli
Stromboli Not A Cannoli. A story “Have you ever seen that movie Stromboli?” “Can’t say that I have,” Molly says. Frank tries not to look...
Russell Guenther
- Sep 27, 2020
THE TROPHY WIFE
by Russell Guenther Thomas Billingsley was never much of a ladies man. Most people in his department at the plastic manufacturing plant...
Stuart Terman
- Sep 27, 2020
EREV VALENTINE’S DAY
It’s the evening before Valentine’s Day I’m sitting here at home. Tonight I’m going to see you, momentarily I’m alone. Talented? Good...
Donovan Bridgeman
- Sep 27, 2020
Love and Theft
By Donovan Bridgeman Just outside the university building was a large shed with a bar and pool table. You could get a cheap meal and an...
Paul Smit
- Sep 27, 2020
The Planets We Inhabit
By Paul Smit I get to tell my story. The sad part is that it’s not the story I wanted to tell. Those who know me might not think it’s...
Harvey Burgess
- Sep 27, 2020
REBELLION
By Harvey Burgess I watch my best friend, Annie, as she stands naked at the window. Her tousled, mouse-colored hair is gathered over her...
Jo Clark
- Sep 27, 2020
Beacon
By Jo Clark
Cooper Hufman
- Sep 27, 2020
Seppuku
By: Cooper Hufman
Kenny Meyer
- Sep 27, 2020
Issue.4: Going with the Flow
By Kenny Meyer Eugene Pierce concluded his presentation and folded his hands in a gesture of patient composure. He leaned forward in his...
Sarah Losner
- Sep 26, 2020
Rubbish on the Sidewalk
Marvin was jolted from his sleep after hearing unpleasant noises coming from outside, beyond the quiet confines of his snug bedroom. Any...
Michelle Martinez
- Sep 26, 2020
Alta
Haifa, 1948 They came flooding in. Over 70,000 Jews on more than 100 ships from the ashes of what Europe left behind. Packed together...
Dian Hathaway
- Feb 11, 2020
A Memory of Sea
Dian Hathaway I arrive at the beach just as the sun is beginning to set. The powerful, titian red, relentless sun. The sun which I had...
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