Here is our affirmation, the one we’ve been waiting for, the one we should have heard this morning when we left the house for work …
Maria and the Lion by Leah Harter
Mama’s voice when she’s mad disassembles my DNA, like my body is rejecting all of my natural-born organs, pushing them to the surface until they …
Swallow Me Whole by Zorah
New beginnings, But nothing’s really changed. I am still trapped in my void. In my world. In my own mind. My words are meaningless, Like …
Things Lucy did that nobody understood by Zainab
When they asked Lucy’s father what word he would use to describe Lucy, he said “phantasmagorical.” He had trouble pronouncing the word, so it came …
A Sober Tale by Chelsey Russell-Valley
This story is one of the October Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. “You really shouldn’t have come here.” The beam …
The Hurt
She’s on the floor crying, sobbing, wishing, doing anything to make the hurt and pain go away. “Come back!” she screams in between sobs. He …
She’s Hurricanes by Marisa Yow
There are some days That I just can’t seem to get myself out of bed That my heart feels so heavy it makes my head …
the bird container by Diana Khong
i seize up like a milk-carton kid in a paper palace, palisade-guarded empty surburbia inside the dull roar of a glass menagerie — i am …
A Broken Soldier’s Love Letter by Moyurie Som
Dearest, I stopped breathing for a little while last night. All that I could taste was the warmth of my own blood lingering in my mouth. …