1 min
Poetry
Short Fiction
The Trees Have Eyes
He wakes with a veil of fading orange sunset falling over his face. Slowly, he raises a hand, twisting it through the shards of light. There are no callouses. No dry cracks of peeling skin. It is
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Poetry
1 min
All For Granted
Creative Nonfiction
3 min
A Lesson in Letting Go
How do you politely throw up in the back of a taxicab? I can feel my stomach tightening, the bitter, acidic taste rising in the back of my throat. I look down at the cardboard bowl provided by the
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Poetry
1 min
Memories
Short Fiction
1 min
The Car Rides
Sometimes they’d let the radio sing the silence away, other times their laughter did the work, but in the car rides from town to city there was no certainty of peace.
Inside the silver vessel, a ... [+]
Inside the silver vessel, a ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
5 min
Jimmy Would Get Jeaouls
I’m going through my collection of CD’s—A Pentatonix Christmas, Mariachi Cobre, Tim McGraw—when a small paper book bound by two orange ribbons with a water-color picture of pink and coral flowers
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Poetry
1 min
I Remember
Short Fiction
2 min
In the Distant Future
Green plasma bolts filled the air; three beleaguered Imperium soldiers hid among collapsed ruins, desperate to avoid death. But the God-Emperor’s will was clear. Humanity could not to allow the Xennid
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Short Fiction
4 min
Hair of the dog
“So I think we’re pretty satisfied with your qualifications here on our end,” Mary said.
Sarah nodded from across the desk. Outside, the sunlight of 9:30 a.m. shone across the glass table in the ... [+]
Sarah nodded from across the desk. Outside, the sunlight of 9:30 a.m. shone across the glass table in the ... [+]
Short Fiction
4 min
New Recruits
Day 256, 1600 hours
Their ship gently glided towards the waiting station below. Raz shifted uncomfortably in his new uniform as he watched the shiny mass slowly approach. Today was his first day as ... [+]
Their ship gently glided towards the waiting station below. Raz shifted uncomfortably in his new uniform as he watched the shiny mass slowly approach. Today was his first day as ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
4 min
Nana's Photograph
My nana’s house feels like fine china and lace.
The walls are white, the furniture floral, every decoration a refined antique. The house is delicate and apart from everything I know—like I’ve ... [+]
The walls are white, the furniture floral, every decoration a refined antique. The house is delicate and apart from everything I know—like I’ve ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
1 min
The Woman With Many Names
You’d think a woman with many names would have trouble defining herself.
Her high school friends call her Lexi. They know her as outgoing and hilarious. Really, she is the “glue” of the ... [+]
Her high school friends call her Lexi. They know her as outgoing and hilarious. Really, she is the “glue” of the ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
Looking for a path
Short Fiction
4 min
Oak & Willow, Water & Omens
They never faltered. Anyone could tell from simply being in their presence that they were not of this world. They raced through the water unafraid, not tied down by the laws of physics that constrict
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Poetry
5 min
Queer in Your County (Queer in Your Nature)
Short Fiction
3 min
The Third Step
I remember the third step up to your apartment creaked really badly. I’d always skip it- I didn’t want anything- not even a wooden step- to know where I was going. As if it would only count that I was
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Creative Nonfiction
4 min
Illegal Work
When I was a little girl, I would often be alone at home and no one took care of me. The domestic helper, a young Philippine woman, Arnida seems to be very busy all the time. She is often late to pick
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