The Man Inside by Mir-Yashar

The Man Inside by Mir-Yashar

Art: Life Strains by John Hansen   The Man Inside At Christmas, Nick dresses as Santa. He likes pretending to grant wishes. They give him somesemblance of decency. He looks dignified, not like the thirty-year old drunk, son of a runawayfather, a mother who buried...
Cracked by Sam Norman

Cracked by Sam Norman

CRACKED Dawn over Coventry Lake. Canada Geese, visions of silence, float in a small window of open water.   In my mind I step out onto the ice, trying to match their quiet stoicism.   Instead I break through, and begin to sink. The thermocline, shockingly...