I PLANNED MY FUNERAL WHEN I WAS A CHILD by Reece Caven
I planned my funeral when I was a child. I know how that sounds. It’s not like that. It wasn’t a practice in suicidal contemplation. I’m not eager for it, I just know how...
IN PREPARATION: DANCING FOR YOUR LIFE by Gail Hosking
My mother turned twelve in Kountze, Texas where her father worked the nearby oilrigs, leaving his family for weeks at a time. Little did she know that this was a good preparation for living...
ARGENTINA 1990: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Carol Zapata-Whelan
It is a mild winter day in Buenos Aires, August of 1990, and my uncle Cacho, dark eyes convivial, is introducing me to an old friend in the Ezeiza Airport. My uncle's friend...
ON BREASTFEEDING by Camille Bégin
Ben took a photograph of me as I breastfeed our son for the first time; he did not take a photograph of me breastfeeding for the last time. It was not supposed the be...
WRITER’S BLOCK AT ITS FINEST by Maria Fernanda
A blank page was staring straight into Phoebe’s soul. She had opened her laptop, creating a new document to write in. At first, she thought it was going to be easy, but ten minutes...
MY BODY by Maria Rodriguez
My Body
As a child, I never played with or asked for baby dolls. Those dolls never caught my attention. Growing up being a wife and mother was heavily talked about and expected of women....
HOME FROM THE BARBER’S by Yoon Chung
Home from the Barber’s
by Yoon Chung
The flash of confusion on his face is not off-putting. I had prepared myself for it. Smiling, I ask the barber for a haircut.
“I’m sorry, but this is a...
A QUEST FOR WETNESS by Quinn Campbell
Is water wet? Oxford Languages defines wet as, “covered or saturated with water or another liquid.” It seems evident that what creates something wet is water, so water itself must be wet. However, an...
ON BREASTFEEDING by Camille Begin
On Breastfeeding
Ben took a photograph of me as I breastfeed our son for the first time; he did not take a photograph of me breastfeeding for the last time. It was not supposed the...
21st CENTURY FUN TIMES by Connor Lukes
21st Century Fun Times
Mom and Dad are away. They're on their way back today. I already know I'll skimp on the details when I tell them about last night.
I went out with Sam and...