They erased me yesterday. After they took up the gavel, hammered the sound block, the wheels set into motion. … More
Category: Features
“Nowhere to Go from Here”: Rick Henry Chats with Micah Perks, Author of TRUE LOVE AND OTHER DREAMS OF MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Micah Perks’ latest collection of threaded short stories, True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape, was published this past … More
Three Princess Poems by Frances Donovan
What Snow White Swallows ginger snaps / a matchstick square pizza in the school cafeteria her body spreading in the … More
Em Mingus: “Confession,” new poetry
I don’t know where to start Or where you want me to start But I’m here And I’m trying … More
Susan Nordmark: “Last Ghosts,” two flash fictions
Last It’s not even a rag. It would be a good idea to visit. What the doctor cooked … More
#MeToo All Over Again: Gay Degani Interviews Jacqueline Doyle, Author of THE MISSING GIRL
Every story in this short collection, The Missing Girl (Black Lawrence Press, 2017), is strong, evocative, and terrifying. Jacqueline Doyle gives us … More
Two Poems by Julia Cohen
Passover Lullaby for Elijah, April 19 2019 / Elegy for Chabad of Poway Synagogue April 27 2019 A sinkhole of … More
Lyric Essay: “Who Killed the Nyan Cat?” by Jill M. Talbot
I stare at the barbed wire at the top of the fence. All I want to do is to … More
Poetry: “The world in which I open up google earth and my dead mother is feeding the horses.” by Megan Merchant
I imagined it differently. The paddock flooded. The donkey and sheep a fence over, cuddled under the mare. I … More
“Out Goes the Blot,” new poetry by David Kruger
I sit at the free clinic like a tailor stitching a hidden nest in a jacket. After the hat … More
“How Hazel Tried to Kill the One Good Thing,” an excerpt from the novel HAZEL by David Huddle
Hazel never completely moved into Forrest’s apartment. She kept paying her rent in graduate housing, but she left more … More
“The Manufacture of Biomechanical Slime-Horrors Sets a Bad Example for the High School Science Club,” a story excerpt from the conspiracy horror anthology FREAKY TALES FROM THE FORCE: SEASON ONE
Elected as county sheriff on a paranormal defense and anti-goblinry platform, Sheriff Cecil Kotto has defended the citizens of his … More
