THE PHOTOGRAPH by Marcella Meeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHby Marcella Simmons
Last week, my husband Gene and I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico for our fifteenth anniversary. Santa Fe is where we met and we...
THEY SELL THEIR SOULS TO STRANGERS by Wendra Colleen
THEY SELL THEIR SOULS TO STRANGERSby Wendra Colleen
When the Women of Bourbon Street become ghosts, they are the last to realize it. They’ve been tossed out and forgotten,...
FAST LANE by Katie Rose
FAST LANEby Katie Rose
I start slow, creepin’ down the dirt road in first gear, my bare foot just kissin’ the gas pedal. I need my fix though, so...
IT FEELS LIKE HOME TO ME by Julia Zwetolitz
IT FEELS LIKE HOME TO MEby Julia Zwetolitz
Home is not just the concrete building. It is also where family is and the memories that occurred in each house....
NIGHT OWL by Robin Wyatt Dunn
NIGHT OWLBy Robin Wyatt Dunn
That all the last daylight should have passed; not only in the sky but in our daydreams; for night in slipping closer says we're...
THIS IS SOMETHING by Ryan Johnson
THIS IS SOMETHINGby Ryan Johnson
“ADAM GO!! YOU HAVE TO GO, I’M WORKING RIGHT NOW!!” My voice echoed throughout the noise-rich air of a sunny commerce driven weekday in...
HILLSIDE STREET by Abby Obenski
HILLSIDE STREETby Abigail Obenski
My music blared as I screamed my lungs out singing, coasting down the windy backroad leading to the little haven I created for myself. I...
LET’S MAKE A DEAL by Nicolette Munoz
LET’S MAKE A DEALby Nikki Munoz
“I want to renegotiate the terms of our relationship.”What the actual fuck?“I—okay?”“I say this because I genuinely want to be your friend. I...
THE GARBAGE MAN by Rachael Peralez
THE GARBAGE MANBy R. Peralez
The note reads:‘Dear Garbage man, Please make sure you get ALL the trash out of the can.Thanks! The Brewsters’
I stand there just...
THE BIG MOVE by Maria Frangakis
THE BIG MOVEby Maria Valenzuela Frangakis
After nine years in San Jacinto, without electricity and indoor plumbing, we were finally leaving. We were moving to la casita hermosa, the beautiful little house,...