The Sandy River Review

Celebrating over 20 years of publication!

Meteor Shower
April 27, 2023
By Anne Whitehouse We lie on blankets in the grass grateful for the scratchy wool in the sudden chill of night deep within the …Read More »
The High, the Low, the Essential
April 27, 2023
By James Callan A mop and bucket. Warm, soapy water. Even as an advanced, extraterrestrial life form, a member of an elite, illustrious race …Read More »
“I Age”, “Crypt in the Sky”, and “Priscilla, Let’s Dance”
April 26, 2023
By Michael Lee Johnson Arthritis and aging make it hard, I walk gingerly, with a cane, and walk slow, bent forward, fear threats, falls, …Read More »
Lament for Piano
April 26, 2023
By Ev Dearborn Song carves through the lounge in disharmony,Collapsing in the foyer, to lay down on its belly by the stairwell. Her spine, …Read More »
Secret Sauce
April 26, 2023
By Venus Wright When I was young, from about two years old until around my fourth or fifth year on earth, my mum fibbed …Read More »