Taylor Balfour
- Apr 18
- 5 min
The Crisis That is Up to Us to Solve
Stigma is destroyed by courage. Stigma is destroyed with vulnerability. Trigger Warning This essay describes mature themes including...
Pearle
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Hard Hugs & Heart Strings
I am awakened by Bill Withers and a feline stampede. Teeth stop grinding, bones start aching. Joints snap, crackle, pop as I rise to...
Pearle
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Sharp Scissors
When you’re truly ready to move on be precise about it Double knot the loose threads and snip the tendrils Make it impossible for all...
Pearle
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Blue Light Belly Laughs
These days, we connect in grid formations through blue light. Stories are told, costumes may appear and glasses are spilled and refilled....
b. pick
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Moretti's
If it hadn’t been for the two hour line at Giordano’s, I may have never found you off a beaten path from the Tri-State Tollway. I think...
Jacob Dalfen-Brown
- Apr 18
- 4 min
Northwood
Sam winced from the whiskey. He stared down at Alice's white Adidas. She had her legs outstretched to the side of the table. The shoes...
Leslie Roach
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Open Eye
They pull the wool over your eyes while their eyes are dead, never seeking you Open Eye, by Leslie Roach Leslie Roach is a poet, writer...
Leslie Roach
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Incensed
Scent of rot as they seek to render themselves relevant at our peril Incensed, by Leslie Roach Leslie Roach is a poet, writer and lawyer....
Emma Bider
- Apr 18
- 5 min
A Fairytale
Once upon a time, a beautiful finance analyst lived at the edge of a large kingdom. Her apartment was small and occasionally infested...
Cale Plett
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Angular Times
All my doodles become monsters. I press too hard when I write, meaning snapped leads and jagged rips through lined paper. The beings with...
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Cory Steel-O'Meara
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Scrounging [for]
A seed somewhere in the resin, intercrown spacing, random walk. How then does habit match occasion— Scrounging [for] happy waters, storks...
Jane A. Loyer
- Feb 7
- 3 min
Receiver
“Hello?” She panted, barely lifting the receiver before speaking.
Cale Plett
- Feb 7
- 4 min
The Sledgehammer (abridged)
You handed me a crowbar with a grin that convinced me that being in this together was a good thing.
Emma Bider
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Dream Big
I keep spilling my water lately. My psychic says I’m going on a trip soon, so Arlo must be coming back from San Francisco. When I first...
Meghan Wilson
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Thirty
"Thirty" by Megan Wilson I’ll admit I’ve been avoiding its eyes and the call for self refection in its gaze. Can’t we do this later? I’m...
T. Styppas
- Jan 29
- 9 min
Occupation Child
[This excerpt from "Occupation Child" by T. Styppas contains mature and graphic themes such as poverty, war and death.] A twelve-year-old...
Lucia De Luca
- Jan 29
- 1 min
Fiadone
You move your finger across the Fiadone recipe you teach me and this is our version of swearing on a Bible Your free hand is always...
Ava Droski
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Photos of a Wren
Excerpt of "Photos of a Wren" by Ava Droski, Chapter 1: “All right, let’s go boys and girls.” Joe said calmly as he hopped out of the...
Claire Theis
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Hold Me
I just wanna hold your hand, Sitting in the pink sand Before we see the sunset, After the crowd dies down Sit down with me, sit with me...
S. Hawn
- Jan 27
- 1 min
More or Less
More time. Less space. More walking. Less rushing. More reading and writing and snacking. More chocolate. Less cheese. More staying. Less...