That Psychotic Bear - Ilene Marcus
The polar bear stayed underwater all day. After all, it was too hot for him most of the time. Polar bears don’t usually live in New...
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
Dandelions and Four Leaf Clovers - Elise Lerner
It’s almost my birthday. I realize I’ve been waiting for more than half a century to get better, to get smarter, to get happier. That’s...
- Jan 16, 2022
- 3 min
Generations - Hannah Montante
I step into the hallway, bare feet touching cold tile. I try to ignore the cobwebs dangling in corners where the low ceilings and walls...
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
Creating an Intentional World - Rose Canfield
Mice no longer run in a panic looking over their furry shoulders, there is no need, the cats have died and no replacement has been made....
- Nov 1, 2021
- 12 min
The Goddamn Miracles of Nature
“It’s okay! I’m right here!” Lynn says. Her five-year-old daughter June whimpers. June has float wings on, but she keeps eyeing the...
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
Centenary
I invited my neighbor Miss T. out to dinner for her 100th birthday. “Anyplace you want to go,” I said. Tiny and trim, surely under a...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
Christi Krug - The Hiccup Man
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed. When it’s raining, we jump from Theodore’s bed to the folding chair, but it’s a long way and...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Pleasures of Today - Ashley Brie Myers
Today is both ordinary and singular, for it is a Saturday in August in the midst of a pandemic, and I’m alone in Vermont. When I say...
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Teeth - Martha Taylor
My cousin Jackie and I are five years old, standing on the shore of the Patuxent River, white sand under our bare feet, fine as ground...
- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
Soon It Will Be Spring - Grace Kennedy
On my 5th day of taking antidepressants I find out I have COVID. Or at least, I suspect I do. It is February 4th, 2021: I have moved out...
- Jul 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Buffer in the Backseat - Tiffany R. Azzarito
Next time I think it’s a good idea to go on a trip with BOTH my parents and ONLY both my parents, remind me that it’s not. I’m an adult...
- Jun 28, 2021
- 8 min
The Frog Opera - Patricia Calderwood
It was 1972. Eighteen and newly a commuter student at Fordham University, a twenty minute walk from home, I walked the dark autumn...
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