The Mermaid
by Kelly K. Ferguson
Gwen might be a pathological liar, but she’s a fantastic tipper.
after Kevin Canty’s “The Birthday Girl”
Even when Gwen has ... Read More...
Return to Scale
by Barbara Haas
Москва-Сити could out-sky the sky. Its prominent silhouette looks like Oz as glimpsed from the Yellow Brick Road.
As if magicked ex... Read More...
The Mermaids of Austin
by Melissa Wiley
I touched my fingers to his arm shaped like a fin, and sparks flew between us, a mermaid and merman, the last of their species until life unde... Read More...
Letter to America
by Tyler Meier
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Letter to America
What see what ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Why There’s More to the Story
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Because the Supreme Court is deciding whether to treat LGBTQ citizens as lesser-than, and the Misjudgment-in-Chief wants th... Read More...
Finding Atlantis
by Beth Peterson
39.7024° N, 44.2991° E
Mount Ararat, Turkey
When I was still a child, the first story I heard about a flood was the tale of Noah’s ark. Th... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Why We Have Spiders
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Because October is now an avalanche of Halloween stuff, and because love has never been a simple story:
Click bu... Read More...
Three Poems
by Pattiann Rogers
Click button above to hear Pattiann Rogers read this poem, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format.
Assessing the Situation: Breath, ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Why We Have Eagles
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Because it’s back-to-school time or about to be, and because myths were our first universities, and because the Toxin-in-Ch... Read More...
Fairy Tale
by Sean Johnston
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On the drive to work tod... Read More...
The Greatest Dog Essay Ever
by Deborah Thompson
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... would first pa... Read More...
Three Poems
by Jeanne Larsen
This is a Dream Odysseus Tells No
body, bless his heart. He sails a subterrene landscape,
choppy hills & gore-warm flux,... Read More...
