The Crisis That is Up to Us to Solve
Stigma is destroyed by courage. Stigma is destroyed with vulnerability. Trigger Warning This essay describes mature themes including...
Taylor Balfour
Apr 18, 20215 min read
Hard Hugs & Heart Strings
I am awakened by Bill Withers and a feline stampede. Teeth stop grinding, bones start aching. Joints snap, crackle, pop as I rise to...
Pearle
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Sharp Scissors
When you’re truly ready to move on be precise about it Double knot the loose threads and snip the tendrils Make it impossible for all...
Pearle
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Blue Light Belly Laughs
These days, we connect in grid formations through blue light. Stories are told, costumes may appear and glasses are spilled and refilled....
Pearle
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Moretti's
If it hadn’t been for the two hour line at Giordano’s, I may have never found you off a beaten path from the Tri-State Tollway. I think...
b. pick
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Northwood
Sam winced from the whiskey. He stared down at Alice's white Adidas. She had her legs outstretched to the side of the table. The shoes...
Jacob Dalfen-Brown
Apr 18, 20214 min read
Open Eye
They pull the wool over your eyes while their eyes are dead, never seeking you Open Eye, by Leslie Roach Leslie Roach is a poet, writer...
Leslie Roach
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Incensed
Scent of rot as they seek to render themselves relevant at our peril Incensed, by Leslie Roach Leslie Roach is a poet, writer and lawyer....
Leslie Roach
Apr 18, 20211 min read
A Fairytale
Once upon a time, a beautiful finance analyst lived at the edge of a large kingdom. Her apartment was small and occasionally infested...
Emma Bider
Apr 18, 20215 min read
Angular Times
All my doodles become monsters. I press too hard when I write, meaning snapped leads and jagged rips through lined paper. The beings with...
Cale Plett
Apr 18, 20212 min read
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Scrounging [for]
A seed somewhere in the resin, intercrown spacing, random walk. How then does habit match occasion— Scrounging [for] happy waters, storks...
Cory Steel-O'Meara
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Receiver
“Hello?” She panted, barely lifting the receiver before speaking.
Jane A. Loyer
Feb 7, 20213 min read
The Sledgehammer (abridged)
You handed me a crowbar with a grin that convinced me that being in this together was a good thing.
Cale Plett
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Dream Big
I keep spilling my water lately. My psychic says I’m going on a trip soon, so Arlo must be coming back from San Francisco. When I first...
Emma Bider
Feb 3, 20214 min read
Thirty
"Thirty" by Megan Wilson I’ll admit I’ve been avoiding its eyes and the call for self refection in its gaze. Can’t we do this later? I’m...
Meghan Wilson
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Occupation Child
[This excerpt from "Occupation Child" by T. Styppas contains mature and graphic themes such as poverty, war and death.] A twelve-year-old...
T. Styppas
Jan 29, 20219 min read
Fiadone
You move your finger across the Fiadone recipe you teach me and this is our version of swearing on a Bible Your free hand is always...
Lucia De Luca
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Photos of a Wren
Excerpt of "Photos of a Wren" by Ava Droski, Chapter 1: “All right, let’s go boys and girls.” Joe said calmly as he hopped out of the...
Ava Droski
Jan 27, 20214 min read
Hold Me
I just wanna hold your hand, Sitting in the pink sand Before we see the sunset, After the crowd dies down Sit down with me, sit with me...
Claire Theis
Jan 27, 20211 min read
More or Less
More time. Less space. More walking. Less rushing. More reading and writing and snacking. More chocolate. Less cheese. More staying. Less...
S. Hawn
Jan 27, 20211 min read