“The Human in Me”: A Haunted Passages Nonfiction Essay by Amanda Gaines

THE ROOM WAS STACKED FLOOR to ceiling with antique dolls. It was the summer of my senior year of … More

#NoMorePresidents Flash Essay: “Pervert” by L Scully

I’VE BEEN A PERVERT FOR Many Years he says, smiling at us in the backseat. He tells us his wife … More

LAND OF PROMISE. LAND OF Opportunity. Land of Heroes. Land of Greatness. Land of Freedom. Land of Landowners. Land of … More

ONCE, I BROKE MY OWN heart. Listen. Miscarriage is normal, expected, considered fine. We get our hopes up. We … More

I’M NOT A DEMANDING PERSON. All I need is my morning cup of coffee. Plus a teaspoon of sugar … More

MY BODY WAKES ME ONE morning as a crater collecting water. I ring out the stiffness, twisting my torso … More

ARE YOU HUNGRY THE WAY I used to be? When I was a culinary student, I was always hungry and … More

DON’T YOU THINK IT’S CREEPY that your name is written there and you’re not dead? I ask. Why do you … More

I YOU MEET THEM WHEN THEY get off the metro. You can’t tell who they are because you’ve only seen … More

OUR EYES MET IN THE rearview mirror and he looked at me appraisingly. “You look Middle Eastern.” This would have … More

WHO BREAKS THEIR ARM PLANTING bulbs? Well, technically, I was retrieving bulbs, from a box on the other side … More

—for and with AH Bird 1: How might we envision a future that is not ours, but could be?Bird 2: … More

Ira finds an anthill, and instead of burning it, he watches the slow, tedious work of carrying a crumb into … More

Kouroi step forward and their smiles are votive candles. How much is lived between the words? What we need to … More

when i am away to work.I can work. I can even go away to work. I work as well as … More