My plan is to enchant the moon with a fabulous

array of art. I can’t imagine viewing a masterpiece

without feeling a singular buzz. That’s my edge.

Cliff Saunders has an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Arizona. His poems have appeared recently […]

Kushal Poddar, born and brought up in the British colonial city – Kolkata, chose English over his mother […]

I’ve decided something: My friends are weird. Who does something like that at a bar?  I always thought after you had a kid, you would be extra proper. No joking. No laughing. No, doing crazy stuff like crawling under a table to get away from being squished into a corner by your two friends. Or, for that matter—standing on a booth seat flapping your arms trying to get a person’s attention.

Penelope S. Hawtrey lives in Ottawa, Canada where she can be found at home buried beneath mountains of […]

Dressing a rock and roll chick for burial meant selecting ebony boots, slim black jeans, a silvery button down blouse, and a green beaded bracelet. I hoped she would approve of my fashion choices. I also hoped she would forgive me for not returning to the apartment and taking more of her personal possessions. She was not ready to part with them, as she was not ready to leave this life.

Mindy Ohringer’s politically charged short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in Hot Flash Fiction, Terror House, the […]

I have seen the greatest neighborhoods of my generation taken over by babies of war heroes who grew up with silver spoons up their noses…

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The taste of depression wakes up my tongue.
I wipe the corners of my mouth, sniff
my hand, the rancid, toothsome, brine hints
from my skin.