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Category: Fall 2020

December 16, 2020

Caged by Marsheila Rockwell

Caged I know what it’s like to be caged So I perform your rites of acceptable outrage           Though your anger, so loud           Accomplishes so…

December 16, 2020

Abigail Grows Brave by Julie L. Moore

Abigail Grows Brave           After I Samuel 25 Years later, after David made love to her and Chileab was born, after she was safe, did…

December 16, 2020

S I N-T H E T´-I K by Jerry Buchanan

SIN-THET´-IK Before dinosaurs stirred, marine plants and animal bodies fell, decomposed on sea bottoms. Under pressure and intense heat two miles down, organic sludge…

December 16, 2020

Blanc Words by John C. Mannone

Blanc Words When Fall decembers sky and steals the warmth from the wind, what’s left is the cool inspiration of snow falling on leaves…

November 14, 2020

The Tourney by Patricia Hope and Keaton Lake Hope

The Tourney           If people concentrated on the really           important things in life, there’d be a           shortage of fishing poles.           —Doug Larson He prepares his…

November 13, 2020

Coexistence by Alice Smith

Coexistence A long, dark year filled with distance and disease, murder and marching, prejudice and protest. I toss and turn, but the stars outside…

November 13, 2020

Signs of Life by Deborah L. Davitt

Signs of Life In a cave under the Cydonia Massif, (so known for a face that isn’t there), an unseen aquifer fills pools with…

October 19, 2020

Boardwalk by Michelle Young

Boardwalk I had heard The Drifters’ song, played Monopoly—knew the expensive property was paired with Park Place, that rent for houses and hotels could…

October 19, 2020

Wind is My Medium by Cheryl Heineman

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheryl Heineman graduated in 2017 with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from San Diego State University. She also has a…

October 19, 2020

Conversation with Cousins by Wesley Sims

Conversation with Cousins Cousin Mack from upstate Maine snapped his syllables clean and crisp like green beans dropped in my grandmother’s lap. Jimmy Joe…

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