Hiding to Protect
By Venus Wright “I went to go pick up milk. I need it for tonight’s casserole.” My heart pounded in my ears and a cold sweat joined my feverish body. … Continue Reading Hiding to Protect
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By Venus Wright “I went to go pick up milk. I need it for tonight’s casserole.” My heart pounded in my ears and a cold sweat joined my feverish body. … Continue Reading Hiding to Protect
By Mary Croy Breaking away The day began with a bike break down front wheel flat, clack, clack, clack as I passed the woman with the suitcase breaking away-that was … Continue Reading Breaking Away, Excel, and Solstice Yellow
By Amy Marques Amy Marques strives (with varying degrees of success) to say more using less words. She penned children’s books, barely read medical papers, and numerous letters before turning … Continue Reading Last Words
By Charlie Coleman with the picnic blankets and glass pipes. and the wreck when i saw the christopher street of that second week, where were the split lips, i thought, … Continue Reading DOWN ON THE AVENTINE
By Venus Wright While my father was simultaneously panicking about the situation on the phone with my mother and seething with frustration, I sat on our couch in the den … Continue Reading Foolish Teenager – 3/3
By Sandip Saha Humbug Humans In Australia I happened to visit a park no, it was not of human but of animals those who were extinct the replica of them … Continue Reading Humbug Humans, Gruesome Murders, Love Jihad, Wife Deserters, and Redistribution of Resources of The World
By Michael Estabrook Arthritis . . . when you’re young you haven’t time to think about being old . . . Grandson hears me groan for no apparent reason as … Continue Reading Arthritis, Salad, and Harvard Yard
By David Sapp Jacob wore big plastic dayglo green earrings to match a grandmother’s housecoat he wore as a dress, a yellow and chartreuse print muumuu. He was unlike any … Continue Reading Jacob’s Painting
By S. F. Wright Bill had always been big; in high school, he’d played linebacker. But upon finishing college, finding a job, and getting married, he spent most of his … Continue Reading Flex
By Rosemary Dunn Moeller Lunar Eclipse Watching Watching the snow-colored disk by its own light, I smiled back, waiting for the dimming as our earth’s penumbral shadow touched the widest … Continue Reading “Lunar Eclipse Watching”, “Strolling Downhill with Sisyphus”, and “Devouring Eggs on Half Moon Island, Antarctica”
By Michael Romary Kafka and The Buddha Meet So after Buddha read Kafka’s “The Silence of the Sirens” both sitting across from each other, said nothing for a long, long … Continue Reading “Kafka and The Buddha Meet” and “The Sailing”
By Joshua Hoffman “That’s the last straw!” Wilbur cawed as he stomped down the stairs and into the kitchen. His younger sister Erin was standing at the kitchen counter, slowly … Continue Reading The Last Straw
By Madeline Legere An unexpected entrance now A little sun creeps into my devouring shadow But my heart twists upside-down When a smile turns into a scowl Light a little … Continue Reading Sunny Side
By S. T. Brant i. The Price of Wisdom What is the price of wisdom? A question we must always wonder. We could become wise, know the requirements for becoming … Continue Reading Lessons Fallen from the Tree of Paradise
By Venus Wright In Autumn of my sixteenth year on earth, I messed up on my lies worse than I ever had. My parents came down on me terribly on … Continue Reading Foolish Teenager – 2/3
I would like to preface by saying that I do not condone lying unless absolutely necessary for safety or otherwise. These are just my thoughts as someone who used to … Continue Reading Foolish Teenager – 1/3