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By Sarah Daly Sarah Daly is an American writer whose fiction, poetry, and drama have appeared in forty-three literary journals including The Inflectionist Review (nominated for Best Spiritual Literature Awards, Orison Books), Northwest … Continue Reading Darkness
I used to gather rocks I found by the side of the road and take them home to add to my collection. I liked to keep them inside of empty … Continue Reading Junior Rockhound
There’ll be no politics at my table. No blessing that is partisan. No discussion of the election. Instead, let’s focus on the food: the turkey and potatoes, the squash and … Continue Reading This Thanksgiving Will Be Hard
Paul Ilechko is a British American poet and occasional songwriter who lives with his partner in Lambertville, NJ. His work has appeared in many journals, including The Bennington Review, The … Continue Reading Standing Still
Prompt: Write about something that makes you feel calm and safe. Lux’s age: 24 CW: n/a? — Looking back to when I was younger, I don’t think I ever truly … Continue Reading Calm and Safe – Last Blog Post: #12
Can you hear it? The whispers that sink into your skin, words that feel like they’re burning, scathing, reaching inside of yourself to breathe life and then rip it out. … Continue Reading Don’t Let It Win
Prompt: What grinds your gears and really annoys you? Lux’s age: 25 CW: Mentions of a poly relationship — Things that “grind my gears” and annoy me (I was confused … Continue Reading What grinds my gears? – Blog Post #11
The beautiful & damned come into the raven’s hold, not looking for the remains of Poe with relics of supernatural sanctuary. Starlight waits still in spider-webbed cracks for a bygone … Continue Reading Smoking Dope in the Raven’s Cave
So many shades of blue existing together in a sea of clear water rippling over a beach of fine white sand. A massive rock rose out of the sea, hollowed … Continue Reading Cleopatra at Mersa Matruh
It’s a long drive in the heat windows down, radio off no distractions but the river and a cigarette every forty miles Six months left to get through and not … Continue Reading Six Months
Macy’s is a multinational corporation with locations on six continents. It boasts endorsements by Santa Claus and Snoopy. It acquired rights to the red star formerly owned by Communism. Macy’s … Continue Reading Colors Run
Trigger Warning: mentions of war and gore Hatred does not cease by hatred. But only by love; this is the eternal rule. Buddha In this greed For power, for money … Continue Reading War Gods need offerings
Trigger Warning: mentions of death, violence, murder, sexual assault, gaslighting, and necrophilia The morning sun blazed on the white marble and yellow limestone of Herod’s Temple, and when its rays … Continue Reading Herod’s Curse
He’s in the yard wearing shorts and a winter hat head tilted back watching the lightning, expressionlessly He’s taken out a laundry basket and an ancient tennis racket with a … Continue Reading Grave Goods for Luna
She yawns into twilight, waking to work, looking for car keys, coffee. A few strands of networking ping her towards the drudgery of survival. Her tasks keep spinning round and … Continue Reading Night Shift Sympathy: the spotted orb weaver
More than a long walk, Motions of grace abound For Bigfoot, a labyrinth-like shapeshifter No one can expose beyond The ongoing spiraling myth. In a video-clip of lies, in myriad … Continue Reading Aliens in the Backyard