Fall Forward Traditionally, fall is the season of cozy. Flaming leaves; breezy afternoons; peaceful pumpkin-spiced perspectives. But lately […]

Richard Hedderman’s latest book of poems, Choosing a Stone, was published by Finishing Line Press. He is the […]

We just quit barking, perplexed
By the unusual silence of our masters.

Holly Day has been an instructor at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis since 2000. Her writing has […]

There are myths about people falling into the water after falling in love
With their own reflections, that the face they saw peering out at them
From the rocky depths of fish-fouled water was so fucking beautiful
That they just had to try to kiss it…

Renata was assessing her schedule. She had only two more nights in Munich before returning to Riga. Would it be enough to go to bed with him? She wasn’t, in fact, desperate, but was worried that, if it didn’t happen, Andy would forget her immediately.

Ewa Mazierska is historian of film and popular music, who writes short stories in her spare time. She […]

Cary Grossman has worked as a painter and cartoonist, and currently spends his spare time as a court […]

One day the grandmother said, “Kisszepseg, I have a yearning for a berry pie. I want you to go into the woods and pick berries for me. There is a bush full of berries near the giant fir tree that was split by lightning. You must bring me exactly one thousand berries, do you hear? One berry less and the pie is ruined.”

Corey Mesler has been published in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Gargoyle, Five Points, Good Poems American […]