A WOMAN’S PLACE by Janel Brubaker

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A WOMAN’S PLACEby Janel BrubakerI was no older than twenty-five when I first felt the weight of what it means to be a woman defined by social norms and gender roles. I came to...

HIS YOUTH By Steve Coughlin

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HIS YOUTHby Steve Coughlin  Decades before he folded her sweaters into a trash bag, placed them on a curb in front of the house, his youth rumbled with desire as she washed dishes in a...

AN ASCENT: CONSIDERING THE SHADOWS OF A STONE STAIRCASE by A. M. Palmer

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AN ASCENT: CONSIDERING THE SHADOWS OF A STONE STAIRCASEby A. M. Palmer If the woods are haunted, but the forest merely enchanted by shadows and soft light, into which realm does the stone staircase lead?...

FADED by Victoria Endres

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FADEDby  Victoria Endres    A small wet drop blurred the rounded pink letters where it landed. Quickly I set the pages back onto the smooth grey surface of the kitchen counter to keep my tears...

PERCY SHELLEY’S POETRY By Matthew Ross

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PERCY SHELLEY’S POETRYby Matthew Ross  Non-Linear Temporality and Causality, Trans-Dimensional Space, and the Struggle to Grasp it All; Percy Bysshe Shelley, a Pioneer A to B. Water freezes into ice – fire boils the former and...

CRAIG By Shirley Palmerton

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CRAIGby Shirley Palmerton  Have you ever felt yourself struggling to wake up and then find you are awake, the nightmare is true? I felt this way one hot summer’s day in the pediatrician’s office when...

DOLPHINS, AS A METAPHOR By Justine Cadwell

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DOLPHINS, AS A METAPHORby Justine Cadwell  A dolphin’s smile is the greatest deception. It creates the illusion that they’re always happy. – Ric O’BarryWhat would it be like to sleep at the bottom of the...