Category: 2025Q2

• Do the Crawfish Know How Cold It Is?

  Apr 22

  The second time I almost killed my brother in front of my godfather it was on a warm Wisconsin day… more ›

• Ashore

  Apr 22

  Rememberingthe day the ship finallycame into port.Wicked cold –so windy too, that morning –needed an overcoat, a scarf.The only clouds… more ›

• Hummingbird

  Apr 22

       Holding Mom’s frigid, clenched hand, I sang the lyrics of “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from The Phantom of… more ›

• The Price of Eggs (Sheila’s Saga, Pt. 1)

  Apr 22

  Sheila stood in line with the rest of the parents, awaiting the bell that would signal the start of the… more ›

• Excerpted from Signs and Wonders

  Apr 22

  Linda studied the toppled fountain on the ground in front of her. Its concrete pedestal crumbled, and its small cistern… more ›

• In Lieu of Trust, Please Send Martinis

  Apr 22

  This note was inevitable, as is my outcome. Turns out your mother wasn’t just paranoid. She never had proof, but… more ›

• Letting Go

  Apr 22

  How would you like to give up your son for someone else to raise for 26 months? Especially during his… more ›

• Kingdom of Isolation

  Apr 22

  We are in the bathtub again. We can hear him screaming threats and slamming our belongings against the walls, but… more ›

• Love Undefined

  Apr 22

  I want to be right and live my life Christ like… No more excuses I gotta get right… How do… more ›

• The People on the Hill

  Apr 22

  They had long ago accepted into their minds’ DNA that such things were possible in the prairies and deserts, unknown… more ›