By: Steve Carr In 1927 Marjorie was nine years old. She lived in a big house with her parents, two sisters and four brothers on her parents’ maple sugar farm in upstate New York, near the small town of Potsdam….
By: Cynthia Pitman Aerial Perch I want to sprout vines and climb the water oak tree, clinging to the thick-barked branches, so rough they will scrape my knees and scrub the callouses from the soles of my feet. My snaking…
By: Cynthia Pitman Death is a liar. I know. Almost fifty years ago, my father died. He was buried on a hot Friday in August. I remember looking at my future husband beside me at the funeral. He was sweating wildly….
By: Ken W. Simpson Propaganda The logic of insanity insulated from reality by barricades of deception. God An extensive probe by NASA has failed to discover any sign of heaven in our galaxy or beyond where it may have got…
By: Adam Kluger Muse The instant coffee was tolerable. Bizzy Palaster nodded his head to Iggy Pop and sharpened his pencil. A scan of the messy London flat suggested the night before had been somewhat memorable as the floor was…
By: Pieter Drift FROM THE STAIRHEAD How much darkness do you need my head is swinging tumbling down stick your tongue in my ear May I touch your cunt while I am reading James Joyce He is not my favorite…
By: Cathy Charlton Generations before sought solace in vast landscapes; wilderness reflecting the spirit within, a space to be free. Mountains and lakes, the salty sea – all must feel, for they have seen millenniums. But in our shrinking world…
By: Franco Cardiello CREATOR You invented the clock. You created many seasons. You designed the house where you reside. You chiseled contradicting laws into stone. I try my hardest to adjust my circadian rhythm until it stops. I search for…
By: Samuel Evans Jimmy Whiteman stared deeply into the campfire. Its orange glow flickered and pulsed in the wind. He could hear the distant howling of coyotes piercing through the night, mingling with the sound of the breeze whispering through…
By: John Grey HERO Not that I think one is required hut if you do feel the need then I am available. But I’m warning you, my past efforts have been failures. Your mother, remember her, said something like, “Hero,…