The Tape Measure - Sara Collie
I’ve started to measure everything for the very same reason, as if knowing the dimensions of things and the distances between them can somehow stem the chaos that is threatening to undo the world.
Inflatable - Matti Ben-Lev
I spent weeks digging the painful glass crystals out of my fingers with a pair of tweezers.
Smooshie - Suzy Eynon
In addition to collecting neighborhood felines, I collect many forms of nostalgia and tokens of unearned sentimentality…
Utopia / Utopia - Armaan Kapur
At twenty one, the confession created a spasm in my mother’s eye.
Grandma and Granddaughter Chat - Meryl Baer
She paused again, her eyes closed and this time she fell asleep.
If Monet Had Painted the Western United States - Nikoletta Gjoni
Like being on a ship and seeing only ocean and sky, the Great Plains yawn out on all four sides, mustard yellow and mossy, the grass simply existing endlessly.
When I Ran From Nothing - Cheryl Skory Suma
We are familiar, these shadows of the past and I.
Apophenia: A Love Story - Christopher Linforth
The birthday cake sports a large red 4 and at each corner sits a lit candle.
How To Make Pumpkin Bread 15 Years Later - Megan Hanlon
Dig out the recipe your mother scrawled on a pale yellow Post-It note…
The Trail Wails - Jessica Klimesh
The train goes by. The train is cold. The train is at my window.
Silent - Melissa Nunez
I don’t know if it was due to nature or to nurture that I have always labelled myself errant.
Beating the Odds - Bradley Sutherland
There may be a stakeout tonight for my bike. It has been seen twice now. Who’s in? Last seen by ME on 7th and Hardy last night
inheritance - andrea lianne grabowski
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family, n. any group of persons closely related by blood.
Losing Myself - Stephen Mead
Drag, in the classical sense, is not something I’ve ever done.
I See Myself in Everything, Especially the Trees -Sara Collie
“On the day in question, I wake up feeling incredibly calm. It has rained all night – I can practically hear the water seeping into the garden.”
Buscalan and Scars of Happiness - Gretchen Filart
“She will be doing the batok because today, her mood dictated she will”
The Shallows - Melissa Nunez
“Facebook and news apps were still atwitter with quarantine “it” hobbies. Baking and organizing, cross-stitching and gardening. I was still behind.”