Ode to My Hands
by Lilah Thomas Here are my hands. Like my mother’s, but with my father’s fingernails. The ones that grow over the edges when they aren’t clipped regularly. Though, his are … Continue Reading Ode to My Hands
The Burro Woman
Music by Robert Rebsch & prose by Thomas Gaffaney Note from Robert Rebsch: Thomas Gaffaney was a writer who lived in the Big Bend Country of far West Texas – … Continue Reading The Burro Woman
Streetlights
By Erick Wilund I am a young boy, on a suburban lawn, lying in the grass. I can feel the cool, vaguely rough blades under me and around my ears, … Continue Reading Streetlights
A Right Hook at the Rive Gauche
Spoken word creative nonfiction by Carolyn A. Fox. Carolyn A. Fox—In addition to writing essays, one of which appeared in Southern Indiana Review, Carolyn is currently completing a memoir, “To … Continue Reading A Right Hook at the Rive Gauche
Winter
By Michael Szela I take the dog out morning and night when it is still dark. The dog sleeps in her kennel, stretches when she gets out, glances at the … Continue Reading Winter
Family Secrets
Sometimes secrets of a person’s life are revealed only after that person dies. This story of our grandfather came to my sister, Jeanie when we were kids on a family … Continue Reading Family Secrets
Befriending My New Christmas Tree
It was the second year of putting up (with) my new artificial tree. A decision years in the making. I took the plunge. We were no longer having fun shopping … Continue Reading Befriending My New Christmas Tree
Colors Run
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
The Nest
I remember being fidgety, my unfinished body unable to settle into the icy, still dark of our shared room. Several other heartbeats (“practically an army,” my mother would say) filled … Continue Reading The Nest
“A Name Foreign”
By Audrey T. Carroll A Name Foreign We’re talking about naming practices in families, how four of five generations of Heffers had a Thomas straight down the line, how … Continue Reading “A Name Foreign”
“Fallen Catholic”
By Rina Palumbo Fallen Catholic I walked to the river’s edge when I was eleven years old. I can’t swim. So, on a late summer day when I was … Continue Reading “Fallen Catholic”
Maneater and other names they call you by
By Sevde Kaldiroglu Sometimes You have a way of making men fall in love with you think God brought you to life to bring light to people’s lives You look … Continue Reading Maneater and other names they call you by
Motherhood: An Ocean of Love and Change
By Vera Sandronsky Breasts ache, tightness, and pain. Another infection. Why does this keep happening? Nothing else about breastfeeding has been hard. I am hungry in the middle of the … Continue Reading Motherhood: An Ocean of Love and Change
V is
by Ann Kathryn Kelly In late winter, 2020, I—and the world—learned that V is for virus. Shapeless, unable to be seen, heard, smelled, tasted. Our fifth sense, touch, believed to … Continue Reading V is
A Moment
by Em Remington Being an older sister has always been a large portion of my identity. I have two brothers full biological- and a half-sister on my father’s side. For … Continue Reading A Moment
I Am Not a Painter
by Em Remington My first memory is waking up from a nightmare. If I were a painter, this scene would come in smears of color against the inky canvas of … Continue Reading I Am Not a Painter