By Mark Kodama I. I dreamed of the perfect woman hanging on my arm. But who was I to have these silly dreams. Short and uneducated with little in the way […]
The Bodyguard
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Cyber Wars
By Adam Katcher The only sound was the occasional roar of a truck on the highway nearby. Ryan stared at the screen. Midnight had already passed, and everyone else in the house […]
‘In loving memory’ and other poems by Katrenia M. Busch
By: Katrenia M. Busch In loving memory When someone’s lifeIs taken too soonLeaving much strifeLeaving—open wounds It’s hard to findThe right words to expressTo often describeWhat’s here—when you left Leaving this worldBy […]
Poems: ‘He never becomes former’ n ‘Fragrances’
By: Harjeet Singh “He never becomes former” His grandeur remains stableDespite the ravages of time.No other rank is immune to ex-Mortals become victim one dayBut his art is perused and spread.Voluntarily he […]
My Mother
By: Alyssa Sarigumba Walking through the garage doorHearing the sizzling hot panComplementary to the pleasant smell from the kitchenWhat a wonderful mother I dribble the ball towards our basketNoticing one familiar voice […]
HERE I AM: Remembrances of Meeting Cult Novelist Andrzej Kusniewicz in Warsaw
By: Gaither Stewart The Polish word, jestem—‘I am’, ‘here I am’, ‘present’—seems to define the life of the writer and cult figure for a generation, Andrzej Kusniewicz. On an overcast, pollution-infested Warsaw […]
It is what it is
By: Carl Palmer I’ve heard it a lot lately. Is it a current clichéor catch phrase, the pat answer recap signalingan end to any further conversation about it ? Like the sobbing […]
‘Poison’ and other poems by DS Maolalai
By: DS Maolalai Poison. I reassure a friendas much as I am able. “it’s alright – it happenedto Summer too.as long as they got her vomitingshe’ll mostly beok. their stomachscan’t get through […]
Tell you what
By: Alan Berger I don’t want to live foreverDon’t want to first eitherIf you listen to where I’m coming fromI will make you a believer Tell you why little babyTell you why […]
A Date with Cadence
By Dawn DeBraal David Cooper sat across the table watching Cadence McCaffrey order from the Pizza Shack menu. He winced inwardly with each new item Cadence added to the order. He had […]
