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Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Ed Walsh 0

The accidental death of a child and the impact upon his family and his father’s lover.

Woowo

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Douglas Stoiber 0

A teenage girl learns of her grandfather’s horrifying death.

Night Shift

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Lisa Lahey 0

A cynical store clerk working the night shift refuses to assist a 14-year-old prostitute who is later murdered by her pimp.

The Urns We Carry

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Arvilla Fee 0

My sister-in-law died last spring from a drug overdose. We found out that the funeral home would seal her ashes in several different urns.

Last Supper

March 20, 2024June 20, 2024Matias Travieso-Diaz 0

In “Last Supper,” a death row inmate has an unconventional last meal the night before his unjust execution.

In a Void — What’s the Point?

March 20, 2024June 20, 2024John Marvin 0

This work lives in the shadowy forest between science and art between comprehension and imagination.

One of a Kind

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024David Larsen 0

Ricky Gordon, a high school basketball coach in a small town, upon his father’s death, must come to terms with the parent he never respected.

Albatross

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024David Estringel 0

“Albatross” is a story about loss, acceptance, and the importance of resilience in becoming a grown up.

Many Wee Undead

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024Marco Etheridge 0

Tells the tale of undead leprechauns unleashed on a quiet village by the misspoken spells of ignorant Wiccans.

I like to be unpredictable too!

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024K. Lipschutz 0

Come over here.
A little closer.

Naturally

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024Kenneth Vincent Walker 0

Death has long been one of the foundational pillars of poetry throughout the ages and this poem carries on this illustrious tradition.

A Locked Door Being Tried

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024Michael T. Young 0

Mediates on the endless retreat into the self of someone who’s experienced the violent loss of their parents.

Reflection

September 20, 2023December 20, 2023Craig Kirchner 0

Reflection on writing and mortality.

Reflections at Age Ninety-nine

September 20, 2023December 20, 2023Bunny Moon 0

Bunny Moon reflects on her life as she approaches her 100th birthday.

Booked to Heaven

September 20, 2023December 20, 2023Duane Anderson 0

I wrote this after my mother told her three sons that she was ready to leave this earth after living to the age of 101.

Private Passageway

September 20, 2023December 20, 2023Kenneth Vincent Walker 0

A poem about aging, reflection and lost opportunities. However, dreams in retrospect provide a way to rewrite history.

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June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Leah Dawson 0

A father dealing with his chronic illness and his fears for his young daughter. A mother trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the chaos.

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