The point was to hide your fear. Feel afraid but don’t flinch.
Flinch by Sonja Livingston
Category: Flash
Antennae Twitching with Precision by Remi Recchia
Bright lights girl-not-girl examined by nurse in clean clean clean. Looking for cuts, looking for bruises, looking for something unseen.
The Ponytail by Wendy Besel Hahn
Alone in the backseat, I studied my three-year-old sister’s golden-brown ringlets…
How to Treat Migraines with Acupuncture by Jennifer Gallo Gaites
Imagine you are a pincushion. A soft landing spot. A tufted gathering place for sharp objects.
This is a Drill by Katie Burgess
It’s a gray morning close to Halloween when the alarm goes off. We’ve been expecting it.
We Live Here Now by Sarah Marty-Schlipf
I am kneeling between rows of kale and carrots when a thin cry pierces the quiet of my garden.
List of Interventions: Age 4-6 by Heidi Stuber
Homeopathic mini white spheres that shoot out of a small blue vial like pellets. Ashwagandha. L-Theanine. Magnesium. Methylated B-Vitamins.
Why Deny the Obvious Child by Camille U. Adams
In Trinidad, when my mother tells the story of why how she finally left her two-year-old baby, she regales, she relates, she details….
How Does the Heart Function? by Paula Kupchak Hall
The gynasium buzzes. The room is filled with rows of tables, each with a brightly decorated cardboard trifold backdrop on top
It’s Not Hospice by Jeffrey G. Moss
The cacophony is not so distracting that I miss the social worker’s pitch for end of life palliative care, the second in as many days.
