…Lisa Romeo explores her relationship with her doting yet distant father after his death …
Review: Starting with Goodbye by Lisa Romeo
Category: 2018 issues
Review: My Body, My Words: A Collection of Bodies, edited by Loren Kleinman and Amye Archer
One of the genius aspects of this anthology is the editors’ have clearly selected short pieces by design.
Review: Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
…it’s clear that Elena Passarello hasn’t written a typical book about animals.
Sulfur and Its Relationship to Suffering by John Carr Walker
I sat on the seat still gripping the steering wheel. The tractor sat on the wreckage of an end post and grapevines…
Battlefield Promotion by Jeffrey Seitzer
A cyborg baby. That’s what our son Ethan looked like when they had finally finished hooking him up….
CRAFT: What My Painter Mother Taught Me About Writing by Katie Simon
Though our tools were different, my painter mother taught me some of my most important lessons about writing.
WRITING LIFE: Confessions of a Working Writer by Penny Guisinger
I’m a creature known as a working writer… I am also a creature known as a literary writer.
Out of My Hands by Jayne Martin
A charming, deep voice cuts through your semi-conscious state:“We have to get you into surgery right away, Miss Martin.”
A Day at the Living Hoard by Rebecca Nakaba
On a damp day, the loudest thing at the zoo is the AT&T Endangered Species carousel.
A Thing No Longer Given Freely by Stephanie Vessely
I did not want to touch it. I wanted what I had seen on TV, in the movies—a first kiss under a porch light…
