Laurel DiGangi’s fiction and creative nonfiction has been published in The Chicago Reader, Denver Quarterly, Fourth Genre, Asylum, […]

That night Barry slept fitfully. In the morning, as he sat on the toilet, he decided to pray.

Fred White’s fiction has appeared most recently in OffCourse Literary Journal, Fictive Dream, and Drunk Monkeys. He lives […]

Wayne coughed up a gob of phlegm. “Wanna learn your lesson the hard way, huh? Well, go right the hell ahead. Why should I give a crappie?” He barked a laugh and wriggled in my face the body of the fish he had just decapitated.

In this lifetime, I have watched for God everywhere (almost):
in alleys and at the top of escalators in Beverly Hills malls,
in countless episodes of eros–eyes and arms, lips and earlobes.
And, I have searched for grace in those same, scented paths.

Frances Moore has recently returned to writing. She is based in Kilkenny, Ireland. Her poems have been published […]

The memory of Elena’s lips was staying with him. She had the best lips. Full, fleshy, pouty. Although, she was seldom solemn enough for them to take on that pout. She was always on the brink of mischief. He loved her for that.

Mother Nature is angry with us, forcing us to sit at the table we set for ourselves:  “Shut up and eat your Summer!”

Elizabeth Trueblood is entering her third year in the PhD program at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her […]