FALLING FROM GRACE – By Ron McFarland
FALLINGS FROM GRACEBy Ron McFarland
The little priest came from Ghana and had retired but remained active at Grace Episcopal in Oak Park, an upscale Chicago suburb where the Hemingway family had worshipped upon occasion....
HYPERION – By Thomas N. Hackney
HYPERIONBy Thomas N. Hackney
According to Drake’s equation, there should be something like 10,000 alien civilizations in theMilky Way galaxy. Okay, the galaxy is a big place but 10,000 civilizations is quite a few. Wherethe...
AUTOBIOGRAPHY – By Patrick Hahn
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE CHAPTERSBy Patrick D Hahn Chapter OneThis story begins many years ago, back when I was still almost-young, after I had finished with graduate school – or, graduate school had finished with me...
CLIMBING CROAGH PATRICK – By Ellie White
CLIMBING CROAGH PATRICKBy Ellie White “Fortune Assists the Brave” – a Scottish battle cryAbout halfway up the mountain, the air feels thinner. If this were another day, on another trip, it might be okay to...
“THE TRUTH OF BEING AS NON BEING” A Search for Truth within...
THE TRUTH OF BEING AS NON BEINGA Search for Truth within a Limited PerceptionBy Lauren Bush
In “The Medium of Fiction”, William H. Gass suggests, “That novels should be made of words, and merely words, is shocking.”...
SHATTERED AT FIVE – By L. B. Boe
SHATTERED AT FIVEBy L.B. Boe
Uncle Mike built an apartment for us in his basement where the four of us—Mom, my brother and sister, and I—lived while Daddy was in Vietnam. It was a real...
HANDBOOK – By John P. Midkiff
HANDBOOKBy John P. Midkiff
Another day kneeling on the purple-carpeted spring floor. Cartwheel, back walkover, back handspring, round-off two. Skill after skill, every kid is different, and I spot them all, helping them position themselves,...
SOME THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL – By Royce Adams
SOME THOUGHTS ON TRAVELBy Royce Adams
The other evening, my wife suggested we should travel to Japan based on kudos from friends who had just visited. Usually, when my wife suggests we should travel somewhere,...
THE CRYING THRESHOLD – By Emma Fuhs
THE CRYING THRESHOLDBy Emma Fuhs
Annie stops crying when she reads an article about how the saddest people are too sad to cry. It’s called The Crying Threshold.Since Annie is far beyond the Crying Threshold,...
SONOGRAM IN MEDIA RES – By Carla Arellano
SONOGRAM IN MEDIAS RESBy Carla E. Arellano
Today, I said the words, “My abortion…” and I stopped. They tumbled out of my heart and fell out of my lips. I was on a phone call...