A Literary Magazine Sponsored by The University of Maine at Farmington
by R. T. Castleberry “TO BEAUTY, UNFAMILIAR” On smoke-drift Sundays, wintry morning winds, the amused allure of dead romance wrings wry couplets, astringent rules of discourse. Both sides rescued from … Continue Reading “To Beauty, Unfamiliar” and “Leaving the War”
by Joel Fishbane Let’s play that old game: I’m going to tell you two truths and a lie. One: a while ago, after months of delaying a wedding we didn’t … Continue Reading Shipwreck
Hello There! As many students at the University of Maine at Farmington, I chose Creative Writing as a major to follow my passions and turn them into a career. But … Continue Reading Rivulet Interviews: Caneel Cheskin!
Dead by Daylight (RATED 18+, CONTENT WARNING) An asymmetrical survival horror game, DbD tosses you onto the stage of a real-time horror movie, either as one of four survivors, or … Continue Reading IMR: A Small Selection of Video Games
by Caneel Cheskin Greetings, and welcome to a new school year! One thing you should know about me even before I start explaining what my blog will be about is … Continue Reading IMR: Introduction
By Lucia Haase Phantoms of fogwalk into morningthroughout the forest,stretching – yawning… secreted faunain shadows, creepby fern and brackenyet asleep. Cool winds howl,a kind of calling-forest wolveshunting…crawling. Watchers watchingin the … Continue Reading Episode
By Rachel Tanner sunday mornings we wake and you stretch limbs over me protectively,kiss my forehead, breathe my own nameback into my mouth. we’ve been doing thisfor months now and it … Continue Reading sundays
By William Heath The pickers are long gone,just a few men have jobs.Cotton choppers replaced bycrop-dusting planes sprayingweed-killing poison. Greenmachines resembling giganticgrasshoppers, bloated binsfor bellies, gobble cotton,leaving only the ends … Continue Reading The Shack
By Alyssa Pickarts The disgusting algae attached tomy mother’s favorite porch windowmakes me wanna gag. The bioluminescent greenlooks like my father‘s fungi foot. “It’s called Athletes Foot.”Shut up, you hag. … Continue Reading [I Am] Unreliable
By Anita Kestin This is probably nearing an end I think, as I see the shorter one start to fidget a bit in her office chair. The taller one stares … Continue Reading Blue
By Adèle Saint-Pierre The Marcotte sisters meet on Zoom every Wednesday evening at seven o’clock. Jeannine, the one they call four-eyes, but also Bertrand, Rocky, Muff, and occasionally Blue for … Continue Reading The Marcotte Sisters Meet on Zoom
By Nik Shultz Representation has been a hot socio-political topic for much of my life. As I have talked about before, I grew up in a fairly progressive home. I … Continue Reading On Representation
By Elliot Orion Wake up to a butt in your face; Get bit on the chin, scratch his chin back; Brush his fur until it’s nice and smooth; Use tape … Continue Reading How To Love A Cat
First Place Winner of the Comfort Contest: Samantha DeFlitch
Second Place Winner of the Comfort Contest: Caneel Cheskin
Third Place Winner of the Comfort Contest: Hudson Sirois