Walking alone down the muddy path, naming the stones, anger, grief, vengence, resentment, contempt. Tearsrolling over cheeks like the water rolled over rocks in the stream below.…
The Tattler
Basement Treasures
By MAX GOEBEL on January 2025
It’s early in the morning but you’re bored so you go to the basement Going into the workroom you spot the old box of miscellaneous…
August Third
By SUSANNE GUIMBRETIERE on January 2025
Writers Statement Being of French and German descent and having grandparents who lived through World War II, I grew up with stories of what life was…
Shell Shocked
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on January 2025
The boss comes in. He walks slowly. He bends his head to fit through the door frame and places a briefcase on the table. ”Doctor.” His…
Lost
By IIYANA HARRINGTON on January 2025
Thoughts of his lost love filled his mind as he sat there, alone, in the dark. He could not help but wonder what had happened…
Lone Wolf
By BRIDGET TIERNEY on January 2025
All alone, All alone, Silver fur rumples in the night breeze Racing through the hall to be on time Sitting on cool damp solid Earth…
The Twin Stars of Human Past
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on January 2025
A cell, A star is born, Unique changes placed upon the human soul. Godly power by both process and miracle, Evolution, Divine intervention, Equals. The…
The ER Waiting Room
By GLORIANA ALLNATT on January 2025
My fingers gripped the hard, warm plastic of the anxiety toy my grandmother’s nurse gave to me before my grandmother slipped into unconsciousness. The sight of doctors…
Beautiful Mistake
By CORALLUS MEEKS on January 2025
To you, my chosen one I endow my pristine love To be artlessly uprooted Blind eye turned as roots wilt Folly unbeknownst above you pluck…
Change
By JASON MOORE on January 2025
I look out at the world It has not changed for me Things change But it’s around me The years of time that pass I…
Blurry
By SUNGIVA ST. LAURENT on January 2025
Two weeks ago, I met a man. I met a man in the alley beside my home. I met a man who was sharply dressed with…
Raspberries
By SPARROW FARADAY on January 2025
When I was younger, raspberries were an elusive summertime treat. They were guarded by prickly thorns, but that wouldn’t stop my sister and I from trying…
Pale purple walls and floor-length curtainsto match Strings of fairy lights, a garland ofcrocheted stars Pictures, posters, cut-out covers ofPlaybills on the walls It is…
Good on Paper
By JULIA KLEINBERG on January 2025
She looks good on paper: Devoid of blemishes, Kind eyes, quiet smile. More of a memory than anything – A boiled down version of herself.…
Where Monsters Live
By ZADIE WANG on January 2025
The small chirps of a child whispering my name shook me awake.It was my daughter, stuffed animal in one hand and clutching my arm with…
Meditation
By LUCA WOLL on January 2025
The mud and the sludge will run their course, Coursing through the shallow shores. The rising tides will strike with force On burning Earth the…
Doom
By MATTHEW JONES on January 2025
The mud and the sludge will run their course, Coursing through the shallow shores. The rising tides will strike with force On burning Earth the…
A Light
By CAMDEN GOELLER on January 2025
I have a light on my bedside table. And when it burns out I replace it. Because I don’t want you to come home. Thinking…
The Art of Rain on a Window
By ZACHARY LINDENBERG on January 2025
The first notes fall soft, tentative like a pianist testing the keys of twilight whispers of hope peeking out beneath the heavy blanket of silence…
1: “One step, two step, three step, four —” 2: “On with your shoes and out the door!” 1: “That’s not how it goes!” 2:…
Untitled
By KATE THOMAS on January 2025
It’s a four-hour drive from the city to my hometown. The last late summer light slipped away hours ago, and all that is left are…
The Clocktower
By LEO ELLIOT on January 2025
By Leo Elliott At ten o’clock the bell rings loud, and the people in the town all prepare to go to sleep. The doors shut,…
Mathematic Puzzling
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on January 2025
Caedmon When one equals a, and two equals b, Its no wonder that c equals three. And when d equals four, So on it until…
What I Know
By TENZIN MONDAK on January 2025
Roots trace deep underground Within and all around To be seen is to be heard Which is to be inferred I was asked of what…
Crystalline
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on January 2025
Through our story of my fate, The bright sun never shined. From the last journey we made Formed this tale, crystalline. We trod steadily –…
Watching the building of warships in Maine
By MIRIAM DEGEORGE on January 2025
Creatures of steel have no words, no mouths – just guns. They have lights in place of eyes, and no men yet aboard. They do…
The Entrepreneur of Stickers
By JENNIFER CARVER on January 2025
Mom, I learned to sell things (like you do) in comic cons. But instead of bags and patches, it’s very colorful yet expandable stickers. One…