In this desert town, an oasis finally appeared as a text, inviting her for a girls’ night out. Maggie read it twice to make sure it was...

Dancing in the dark, this sweet catharsis engulfs my heart and folds into my mind as a whirlwind of post-traumatic stress. Shame shrouds...

You’re a flicker In my mind. A spark that Never extinguishes. A hopeless hope, An ignorant wish, A yearning desperation That I want to...

Violet wakes with a start as Poppy bursts through her grandmother's front door and peeks around the foyer into the living room. "How's...

Hazed were the memories of my childhood But a long time ago We embodied storytellers in cahoots Fenced in by blazing hot metallic slides,...

A patient serenade, A timeless toll this cyclical sign speaks of failure. What fate lies for this committer of premature infanticide?...

You adopt my mess like it is your own veiled child. And at Yule, I’ll throw your name into the fire. The crackle of the flames...

I box depression every day, trapped in the ring, waiting for the bell to end the round. It seldom rings. I know the slippery, salty tang...

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...

The wide white stairs of the Bay Minette Grammar School Spread out on each side of us like wings that September morning. Holding Mama’s...

It was 1972. Eighteen and newly a commuter student at Fordham University, a twenty minute walk from home, I walked the dark autumn...

and the other day there was a power outage. Everything is going out and not telling us when they’ll be back. I am convinced the storm was...