SINK AND SLUDGE by Billie Pritchett
The sink is clogged again. I’ve brushed my teeth and now the sink is just a porcelain bowl of cloudy water. It’s morning, and I’m tired, and I need to take a...
THE SLIVER OF A LIE by Linda Caradine
The Sliver of a Lie
Once in a blue moon, we may meet someone who appears to have life figured out, someone who knows intrinsically the right things to...
THE PUSH by Dan Shiffman
The Push
My family had been friends with Laura’s family since I was in elementary school, but I am five years older, and so we didn’t have very much...
REMAINS by Melissa Ballard
Remains
2013
Mom died seven weeks ago. My husband and I are working at her condo, as we do every Saturday. We are cleaning and sorting...
MY LAST TRIP by Scott Ocamb
My Last Trip
I didn’t think this would be my last motorcycle trip when I planned it. It almost killed me. If it had, I wouldn’t be telling you...
RIVEN by Tommy Sheffield
Riven
The sun tumbles across the sky like the face of a log ready to be split. There is shade here, beneath the trees. Black shadows stretch like prison...
CYPRUS: A PAINTERS JOURNAL by Jeri Griffith
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....
OUR BEAUTIFUL TAHOMA by Mike Nolan
Our Beautiful Tahoma
by Mike Nolan
When my grandmother was hospitalized, I received a phone call from my dad. “Drop what you’re doing and drive home,”...
REMINISCING by Yvonne Blackwood
Hazel breezes into town this balmy summer’s day, a day I never imagined would be her last visit and our last time together. She arrives in Toronto to spend time with her...
ZOMBIE RUN by Teresa Douglas
I step out of the house and wince as the cool spring air hits the skin beneath my running pants. It’s early but not too early—my only company the murder of crows...