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From the Files of Burning Dad – Deep Knee Bends

I need to tell her everything that’s happened to me! I need to tell her my history, everywhere I’ve been,...

Phil Rowan is a self taught artist with works in oil, watercolor and pastel. His works have appeared in Cardinal…

Brett Stout, Myrtle Beach, SC

Originally from Boston, Mickey J. Corrigan writes Florida noir with a dark humor. Poetry has appeared in Fourth & Sycamore,…

You speak for all of us,
the sad little birds
in brief triumph
over gravity
discovering the bright desolation
we so dislike
and love
in...

Brett Stout is a 40-year-old artist and writer. He is a high school dropout and former construction worker turned college…

Tate Lewis recently graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a double major in English-writing and Religion. He lives in Bloomington,…

I don’t remember exactly how long he waited
but after we moved to Michigan he followed
and almost everyday he watched me...

The boy tries to draw his mother now -
busying the drones in her checkered gardening apparels.
He desires to draw it...

Wendy Peterson has a B.A. in Literary Studies from Delaware Valley University. She currently lives on Long Island. Her story…