Laurel Benjamin is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, where she invented a secret language with […]

I ate pork buns from the Chinese bakery, open
until 8 o’clock, 9th Avenue an opening

to the park, walked from the Muni stop,
grass paths and tulips closing, the sun low in the sky’s open

umbrella.

Jonathan Kravetz’s short story, Conch, was named the fiction category winner for the Fall 2017 issue of Cardinal […]

Icicles hang down from the gutters and the thin metallic railing that leads to the walk.  Tree branches bend under the weight of ice that encases them like a cast for a broken leg.  When April cries, Jen imagines curling up in André’s arms and looking up at his clear eyes.  His belief in his own promising future makes her believe something good can happen to her too.

Annie Zamparelli has enjoyed writing her entire life.  Throughout her childhood, she, and her sister Merry, wrote stories […]

I savored each bite of the pie.  Each forkful lingered in my mouth, against my teeth.  My tongue tasted the tangy lemony goodness.  This was the day, there was no getting around it.  If I didn’t complete my task tonight, there would be no more todays. 

A poet, part-time academic in narratological complexity, and financial journalist, Dublin born Oisín Breen’s widely reviewed debut collection, […]

And I, a tuneless savant, your instrument,
Parked in an allotment on a busy street,
Retching for farthings and second-hand graces,
Savage the legs of strangers, hoping to taste love.

Martin Shapiro retired as the Humanities Librarian at American University in December 2021.  His poems have appeared in […]

People disappeared daily.  According to one theory, they sprouted wings and flew away.  Militias  tested this, tossing many from aircraft over the Atlantic.