I Take It Back by Warren Merkel April 1, 2017 We make eye contact. What looks like raw fear is slicked across your face. I want to say, It’s okay, I won’t hurt you… Read the full story →
Scissors by Jane Marcellus April 1, 2017 My mother called her brother’s scissors “the scissors” because they were the only ones we had. Read the full story →
The Makeup of Things by Chelsea Ardle April 1, 2017 Crows line up like racecars at the grand prix, one after the other, pushing their way forward. Read the full story →
Recipe for Salat Olivier by Alex Simand April 1, 2017 Mothers are responsible for salads. Dozens of salads in a motley crew of bowls dug from the back of the cabinet for the occasion… Read the full story →
Circle Where it Hurts by Leslie Kendall Dye April 1, 2017 I care for my mother, who was—is?—very beautiful, very brilliant, very talented. She was a champion ice-skater at Rockefeller Plaza in the 1940s… Read the full story →
The Psychologists by Marianna Pogosyan April 1, 2017 My husband kisses my painted lips and hands me a bouquet of orange tulips that he has bought for another woman. Read the full story →
Before Lent by Jane Murray Bird April 1, 2017 I killed the birds the day I left my husband. Three of them; no stones Read the full story →
And Then There Was Dad: A Supplement for the Baby Boomer Guidebooks by Marsh Rose April 1, 2017 He’d had a few rocky years after Mom died but, prior to his death, he’d been leading the high life in Las Vegas, active and independent… Read the full story →
Craft: 4 New Ways to Tell Your Stories by Nicole Breit April 1, 2017 I discovered what I call CNF’s “outlier forms” a few years ago. I was looking for innovative ways to approach old material… Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon April 1, 2017 Everybody knows Batman. We just don’t all know the same Batman. He’s weathered quite a few changes in the past 78 years. Read the full story →