The Walk Away
A sheriff meets a young man in a local cemetery. Continue reading The Walk Away
What is Possible
Revolution is one thing to observe, but another to live through. Continue reading What is Possible
The Origin
Shut off the sun. No, not dusk in cusp
of new moon, but an entirety of light… Continue reading The Origin
Night Tales
If the dreams stopped soldiering,
would I tell? Continue reading Night Tales
Some Lies are Worth Believing
He is trying. Trying. And I am trying.
Like midnight swimmers, we are trying not to drown alone… Continue reading Some Lies are Worth Believing
Beacon Beach
Above the sea’s churlish waves, thunder breaks.
Plumes of foam churn against onyx rocks… Continue reading Beacon Beach
Forbidden Zone
The abandoned city of Varosha reflects the power and the limits of human conflict. Continue reading Forbidden Zone
I Walk My Road at Dusk
Now is the hour between: light dances
animal-eyed among the trees. Every bending… Continue reading I Walk My Road at Dusk
Shadows of Auschwitz
Liesl Wolfe, citizen of an alternate post-war Germany, considers the revolution. Continue reading Shadows of Auschwitz
Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish by Marilyn Martin
Does a label help or hinder? Continue reading Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish by Marilyn Martin
“Raising Dion” Raises the Stakes
A fresh premise with character-focused storytelling urges traditional comics in a new direction. Continue reading “Raising Dion” Raises the Stakes
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
The case of a missing child manages to unravel the lives of everyone involved. Continue reading What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
Volume 5
Volume 5 is now live, featuring poetry by Mary Buchinger, fiction by Dawn S. Davies, nonfiction by Marilyn Martin, and much, much more! The issue also features art by Jenni Madden of Ontario. Continue reading Volume 5
LSSU High School Short Story Prize-Winning Story
Brown gives way to black as I run, and slowly the black becomes unbreakable, reflective sheets of obsidian glass. The glassy expanse does not last long and my bare feet sound louder on it than on the grains surrounding it. It is almost as though the sun scorched the land here until the sand baked black and solid and smooth. Too soon, light begins to bubble up on the horizon as I leave the valley of glass, but there is nowhere for me to hide, no cover to shelter me. At the Center there was always cover to take, behind large rocks, and in the homely caves that lined the hills. We took great care in avoiding all forms of light. But there is no shelter here. Continue reading LSSU High School Short Story Prize-Winning Story
Interview with Jenni Madden
Jenni Madden is the featured artist for Volume 4. Madden created the below pieces over the past year in response to our “wind” theme for volume 5, our final issue in a series of four exploring the elements. Her whimsical and surreal creations evoke a wide range of emotions and have a surprising sense of playfulness. Madden is an American living in Ontario with her husband … Continue reading Interview with Jenni Madden
Interview with Marilyn Martin
Marilyn Martin is our featured nonfiction writer for volume 5. We are proud to feature her latest essay in this issue, “Chameleons,” about a road trip her father took her family on in the 1960s. An excerpt from the essay appears below: We had been driving forever. Outside my window, trees covered in Spanish moss flashed by. The last time I’d walked on solid ground was at a rest stop in South … Continue reading Interview with Marilyn Martin
Interview with Dawn S. Davies
“I remember what it feels like to be the outsider in a group of kids, and what it’s like to walk into a room and have no one look at you with kindness in their eyes. I was picked on briefly, yet regularly, every time I moved. I would come home from school feeling like I had been in a war zone all day. As the new kid, the other kids always poked at me a bit to see how I would react.” Continue reading Interview with Dawn S. Davies