Tag Issue 16 Winter 2021/22 4th Anniversary
Laurel Benjamin – Bio

Laurel Benjamin is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, where she invented a secret language with her brother….
Laurel Benjamin – 2 Poems

I ate pork buns from the Chinese bakery, open
until 8 o’clock, 9th Avenue an opening
to the park, walked from...
Jonathan Kravetz – Bio

Jonathan Kravetz’s short story, Conch, was named the fiction category winner for the Fall 2017 issue of Cardinal Sins. He…
Jonathan Kravetz – Fiction

Icicles hang down from the gutters and the thin metallic railing that leads to the walk. Tree branches bend under...
Annie Zamparelli – Bio

Annie Zamparelli has enjoyed writing her entire life. Throughout her childhood, she, and her sister Merry, wrote stories together, each…
Annie Zamparelli – Fiction

I savored each bite of the pie. Each forkful lingered in my mouth, against my teeth. My tongue tasted the...
Oisín Breen – Bio

A poet, part-time academic in narratological complexity, and financial journalist, Dublin born Oisín Breen’s widely reviewed debut collection, ‘Flowers, all…
Oisín Breen – 3 Poems

And I, a tuneless savant, your instrument,
Parked in an allotment on a busy street,
Retching for farthings and second-hand graces,
Savage the...
Martin Shapiro – Bio

Martin Shapiro retired as the Humanities Librarian at American University in December 2021. His poems have appeared in Pilgrimage, the…
Martin Shapiro – 3 Poems

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