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A Break with Reality - Karen Arbogast
A break with reality was what they said I had when I told them I encountered Jesus on the Sea of Galilee. Earlier that day I had been...
Mar 22, 20213 min read


In His Backyard - Kathryn Friedberg
The stranger appeared in the doorway drawing on a pipe. Between his fingers on the stem, I see the Dunhill dot, and on one raised pinkie,...
Mar 16, 20214 min read


Ashley - Natalie Higdon
Ashley was the prettiest girl in my first grade class. She had shiny, chestnut blonde hair - a shade bestowed upon her directly by the...
Mar 15, 20213 min read


The First Good One - Niki Byrne
Everything you need to know about women, you can learn by rolling a cigarette. But I don’t know how to roll a cigarette. You also know...
Mar 14, 20213 min read


Sunshine State - Mandy Clark
You’ve just stepped out of the movie theater into the humidity of a late August day. You weren’t particularly moved by the flick,...
Feb 26, 20213 min read


Hills to Die On - Madison Robinson
It was Nat’s first time being anywhere between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn. Humid salinity. Drink bar. Squishy mucky sand. Hippy...
Feb 25, 20213 min read


Mother Knows Best - Rita Redd
The sun and I yawn, the time of day when light spreads like a pesticide. Leaves you drowsy in the poppies like Dorothy, limp as a noodle....
Feb 12, 20212 min read


We Were a Lie - Tamerlie J. Philippe
That day he threw us out my mother and me. Very few people know this. Not my older sister, not my older brother. That day, he packed up...
Feb 1, 20214 min read


Jacarandas - Colette Estelle McCormick
When she looked at that jacaranda she did not see what they saw. She did not see it’s lush, creamy periwinkle petals that floated in the...
Jan 27, 20213 min read


The Magic Airplane - Kimberly Parish Davis
The child lay on her stomach, elbows supporting her upper body, legs bent at the knees, bare feet in the air. She rested half in, half...
Jan 26, 20214 min read


It’s Not Me, It’s You - Melina Maria Morry
What did I do to make you not want me? Was it something I said? Something I did? Did my body change, or was it yours? Do you see me...
Jan 11, 20213 min read


White Feathers - Roberta Beary
You want to scream as you feel his gold ring which matches yours pressing down which you notice as an afterthought and you don’t scream...
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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