By: EG Ted Davis Bring home the glory ‘Tis time for payback,the Chinese holiday is over,shall we impart great tariffshell yeah, says the American worker,your economy hasprospered off of our’sand left our backs sweatless,bring home the great industrial complex-says the…
By: Linda Barrett Ron didn’t want to come on the New Directions road trip but his stepbrother, Tim, forced him into it. Agnes DellaRossa, the support group’s leader recommended it to him when she called him earlier that morning….
By: Arinda duPont Utilitarian Beauty She wasn’t exactly beautiful. She had been called intriguing,but most days she looked more practical than exotic. Her utilitarian look was an acquired taste. If you could get past the blotchy skin and naturally red…
By: Tara Davoodi america’s backyard as i sit there, diggingi can’t help but thinkthat all of this is futile. scooping out soil fromthe embalmed earth,planting rotten seeds. ancient stones, quartz and graniterecovered in sweaty palmsdarkness burrowed under fingernails, nothing but…
By: Sally Smithson They never liked Brad. When they moved in, and they were lugging the cardboard boxes up the driveway, there he stood across the street. His arms were crossed, and he was scowling. They could see a toothpick…
By: Beatriz Moisset In Argentina there is a type of pasta that we call ammunition pasta. It is used mostly to make soups. The name describes the shape perfectly. In Italian, it is called pastina, but this name also applies…
Gary Glauber’s new poetry collection, Rocky Landscape with Vagrants, is just out and available on Amazon. One of the poems in the collection ‘Making Memories’ was first published in Literary Yard. Published by Cyberwit, the collection runs into 109 pages…
By: Alan Swyer “What?” Eddie Faber asked, answering his cell after seeing his ex-wife’s name on caller ID. “I need you back in LA,” Carolyn announced. “I’m covering the Dodgers in Spring Training. I can’t just leave.” “Nicky’s in the…
By: James Bates Maggie and I were relaxing watching television. Finally, I couldn’t contain myself any longer and made a big point of clearing my throat as a prelude to what I felt I had to say. In response, she…
By Eric Burbridge Lucas Byrd’s love of the Independent Party was short lived when they passed Medicare reform. The budget demanded cuts, those cuts required seniors his age who passed certain criteria to work fifteen hours weekly, in whatever…