“Halloween Memories: The Dark,” a short memoir by Scott Cole, author of TRIPLE AXE

  I was twelve. We had just moved to a new town that August, and I hadn’t yet made any … More

Craft Essay: “Standing at a Line in the Sand with a Shiver in Your Heart” by BONES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN author Paul Michael Anderson

  I want to talk about the limitless possibilities of what horror is and what horror can do. I want … More

“Election Night, Missouri, 2016,” a flash essay by Brad Aaron Modlin

All day, rats had bolted through my body. I spilt my coffee. I couldn’t hold a pen. To an old … More

“Race Day,” an essay by Freda Epum

You board a bus and it seems as though there is a sea of Black people. If it weren’t for the … More

“Everything Was Cliché and Nothing Hurt,” an essay by Alaina Symanovich

Paint this scene: imbue it with optimistic lighting à la Glee and the stench of yesterday’s cafeteria surprise à la … More

“Marvel,” a lyric essay by Jennifer H. Fortin

Why does it bother me when others marvel at what I don’t find wondrous? It has to do with naiveté, … More

“Notes from Toledo,” a micro-essay by Megan Martin

We got in a car and drove to Toledo. Toledo felt like bad news. I thought it was just your … More

Essay: “The Mourning After” by Diane Payne

CW: sexual assault