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By Visio Roughton Molasses has a long, rich history in American society. A byproduct contrived from sugarcane refining, it was a common ingredient in many households. It was a cheaper … Continue Reading When Boston Harbor was Stained Brown – The 1919 Boston Molasses Flood
Title: Late Phases. Media: Film, directed by Adrián García Bogliano. Released in 2014, Late Phases is an independent horror film starring Nick Damici as protagonist Ambrose McKinley. The story begins … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 4/16/25
Kylee Walton RUNNER UP OF THE RIVER’S SPRING 2025 FLASH FICTION CONTEST By Author From what I have gathered, Wednesdays do not produce good art. More often than not on … Continue Reading Wednesday Cat Hunt
Anabelle Taff RUNNER UP OF THE RIVER’S SPRING 2025 FLASH FICTION CONTEST “It has no value, sweetheart. Find something pretty,” Mom insists.Under the waves, it is shining up at me, … Continue Reading Sea Glass
By Zac Holt WINNER OF THE RIVER’S SPRING 2025 FLASH FICTION CONTEST As I walked through the wide open desert, the blue skies grew dark with black clouds. There wasno … Continue Reading Of the Desert and my Soul
By Visio Roughton Corporations will often skirt around rules in the name of turning a profit. Oftentimes, the dangerous conditions that come from this will go unchecked until tragedy strikes. … Continue Reading The Sampoong Mall Collapse – How Greed Led to South Korea’s Largest Peacetime Disaster
Title: Wolf Media: Film, directed by Mike Nichols. Written by Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick, and directed by Mike Nichols, the film was released in 1994 by Columbia Pictures. The … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 4/9/25
By Visio Roughton There are very few places on our planet today that have been untouched by the general human population, and this reality has been true for many years. … Continue Reading What an Island Can Teach About Life – The Fascinating Case of Surtsey Island
Title: The Company of Wolves. Media: Film, directed by Neil Jordan, story by Angela Carter. Adapted from Angela Carter’s piece by the same name in the collection The Bloody chamber, … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 4/2/25
By Chris Dungey Well, of course you’d want to place heated objects— stones, angle-irons fresh off the coals, or hot water bottles beneath the sheets, if you’re going to leave … Continue Reading Closed Windows
By John Nizalowski Pecos Pueblo Rattlesnake There it lay— wary, yet quiescent. People gathered round to view the splendid reptile. One tourist in shorts and a Cape May t-shirt stepped … Continue Reading “Pecos Pueblo Rattlesnake”, “Cemetery Soul”, “The Aged Gods”, “Eternity”, and “Saturday Afternoon”
By Lynn Wolfe happiness is fickle just yesterday i was laughing, dancing in the sun, feeling excited about the future. i didn’t think about you. now today, that happiness has … Continue Reading “Happiness is fickle” and “Dear Woman”
By Zac Holt To Eurydice I’m going to miss you when I am no longer yours. Not that I was ever yours to begin with, but I’ve dreamt of you … Continue Reading To Eurydice
By Mark Belair MILL HOUSING His was a broken-down rental where our street’s dead end met the mill’s chain-link fence, a house notorious for its sequence of broken-down tenants. Mine … Continue Reading “MILL HOUSING” and “ROADSIDE POND”
By Michele Worthington Apollo brings a camera to the moon Right there right there is mother lazuline! blue jewel floating bright in black abyss round Eden twinned in swirling nothingness … Continue Reading “Apollo brings a camera to the moon” and “Stethoscope”
By Diane Webster WITHOUT THEM The forest retreats from the dead tree’s trunk as it lies in state among undergrowth worming its way into bleached cracks splitting winter into spring … Continue Reading “Without Them”, “Thin Thoughts”, “In the Closet”, “Between Signs”, and “Shadows Pretend”