Olaf Kroneman is a practicing physician who has had several short stories published.  His story “A Battlefield Decision,” […]

Heather Rutherford is published in Down in the Dirt, El Portal, Euphony Journal, Literally Stories, The MacGuffin, moonShine Review, riverSedge, […]

Linda Neal is a Pushcart nominee, psychotherapist, writing teacher, thirty-year kidney transplant recipient. She has an MFA from […]

Mike Dwyer taught Ethnic Studies and History for thirty-six treasured years in a San Francisco Bay Area public […]

Maria’s work has been published or is forthcoming in Allium, Apricity Magazine, Chamber Magazine, Cobalt Review, Evening Street […]

Stephen Ives has been published or is forthcoming in Allium, Evening Street Review, Mississippi Review, Sortes, South Dakota […]

Jason Rice graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Photography, 1991. He has […]

There is a Zen story in which a student’s teacher has taught the student, “When drinking tea, just drink tea,” yet the student comes across the teacher in the act of reading a newspaper while drinking tea. The teacher says, “When drinking tea and reading the newspaper, just drink tea and read the newspaper.”

A small concerto of dueling horns was sounding off more regularly now from various sections back in the drive-thru lane, and he’d likely have joined in if he wasn’t literally next to the checkout window and would have to look the cashier in the face once she reappeared. The young mom in his rearview mirror was back at it with her obstinate passenger, who appeared to be exploring the outer limits of her patience with the click-unclick game the mom was clearly losing.