Congrats & Prayers by M.C. Schmidt

Congrats & Prayers by M.C. Schmidt

Art: Road by Oksana Reznik  Congrats & Prayers   Because it’s my birthday, I pour another Maker’s Mark. Two fingers, though one’s sympathetic to the eczema blister on my middle knuckle, the whiskey aligned with the peak of that stress-induced hump, gaining me...
Fever Dream by Amanda Loeffelholz

Fever Dream by Amanda Loeffelholz

Art: After the Rainbow by Oksana Reznik   Fever Dream   Within an instant everything else faded out into the background, and they felt the universe shift into place. They had not been aware that it was not harmonious before. “I’ve met you,” she said. “I...
landscape with needles by Kathleen Hellen

landscape with needles by Kathleen Hellen

landscape with needles after Bruegel between the Methodists and AME, the park and racetrack with its red eye turned to gamble between the Prius’ and Kias between ADT alarming padlocks, the deck with conversation seating, doggie dogs on leashes and muted pit bulls, the...
THE CROSSING by Maureen Mancini Amaturo

THE CROSSING by Maureen Mancini Amaturo

THE CROSSING By Maureen Mancini Amaturo   The doctor said, “Soon now.” He said, “Maybe there are family members you’d like to call. Anyone close by who she would like to be here, who might want to be here?” At that moment, I stood in a vacuum, in isolation, as if...