Nonfiction

All claims I have made are tentative; I warn the reader against my bias, but I shall do my best to be honest and accurate. Discourse is welcomed. “…yet another school shooting in this country…” “One...

LOUD MUSICby Leslie Tucker He is mournful and scornful, bellowing about love in vain, alternating a velvet baritone with a nasal whine. Thick, damp hair flops at his shoulders. His ivory-colored sequined jumpsuit, open to...

Blessed Are the Free in Spirit. A Journal in Complicated Times by Samuel Robert Piccoli Here we go again, a new book is born. A few weeks ago, when all the chapters were already written, I...

A WASTE OF BREATHby Roberto Loiederman     November, 1967 -- Da Nang, VietnamI looked over the railing. I’d just smoked half a joint after having swallowed small, measured amounts of Dexedrine and Valium, so I was...

HOLD HER ONCE AGAINby Juanita Tovar  IIt’s Saturday. Sábado. In the AM. The sky is a solid shade of light blue, unclouded and pristine. Its pastel hues are reflected on Juanita’s red sunglasses as she...

MY BIG, PERFECT BROTHERby John Bonanni My brother is Mr. Perfect. My brother can do no wrong.At least that is what my mother always insists. He never gets into trouble. He alwaysavoids confrontation. His tantrums...

MY SUMMER AS A RENT-A-COPBy Joe Albanese Amusement parks are only amusing to its employees in an ironic sense. My summer working there a s security guard in the summer of 2016 could be summed...

Alphabestiary Omer Wissman A is almost the emblem of anarchy, but its structure, like language itself, is fairly hierarchical, with narrow one percent nadir and top triangle superstructure over an empty as alienated base. As a...

                          HOW COVID STRENGTHENED MY RELATIONSHIP I am at a weird, in-between stage in my relationship. My boyfriend hasn’t popped the big question yet, but everyone knows it is going to happen any day...

Cyprus: A Painter's Journal a memoir Now is midsummer. During the month of July, it doesn't rain here. The days are hot and the evenings cool. In a dry streambed, smooth chalky stones absorb and disseminate...