A Tiger on the Rue du Bac
By Elizabeth KuelbsSavannah sneaks out of the hotel while her dad and Veronica rest up for more museums of naked cherubs and armless statues.
All White Male Authors Look Alike
By Ran WalkerShe bought him a book by John Barth as a birthday gift. “You like him, don’t you?” she asked.
Child Play
By Kendall BrunsonHis daughters ran from the back of the yard screaming “Snake! Snake!” The poisonous water moccasin slithered after his children, but his wife was the first to react.
Oh, For a Bee’s Experie...
By Faye BrinsmeadThe bee boards the crowded bus. Pulls out her copy of Emily Dickinson, plunges into its nectar.
Asparagus Pee
By Kim MagowanTwo days into the grim, doomed camping trip, Regina called off their wedding.
In Every Girl There Is ...
By Jonathan CardewIn every forest there is a cabin. In every cabin there is a stove. In every stove there is an ash pile.
A Gray Inchworm on a Gr...
Michelle RossHow easily the runner could have crushed it. The inchworm’s camouflage, which conceals it from predators, makes the inchworm vulnerable to the human jogging along neighborhood sidewalks, the human who does not intend the inchworm harm.
Book Review: The Inexpl...
By Beret OlsenChuck Augello's new book, The Inexplicable Grey Space Called Love, enthralled by the magic of words, potent even when I couldn’t fully understand them. Perhaps meaning cannot ever be seen in simple terms.
In This Drought
By Tommy DeanBefore, we blamed things on the rain: canceled parades, flooding and mudslides, flattened hair, postponed races, baseball games, our happiness.
