You never liked car rides because first you’d get sleepy, and when you couldn’t sleep, you’d get dizzy. Sometimes those rides would be bearable, if …
A letter to my best friend by Lizelle Dsouza
Somewhere between flattery and glorification, I watched the shell of a coconut, a strong, resistant, carefully fronted facade break open to reveal a tender vulnerability, …
Joe College by Lanny Larcinese
“Joe College” is an excerpt from Lanny Larcinese’s memoir, which is a work in progress. I grew up during the fifties and sixties and spent a lot …
Untitled by Manasvi Chauhan
I have had a lot of people fall for my flawlessly contoured face, my tailored, arched brows, or my kohl-lined eyes. I have heard a …
Of lights and human lighthouses by Satvika Jain
Lately I have been meeting people in my dreams. People I know to be real but I have neither heard their voices nor known the …
May You Live Every Day of Your Life by Danielle
My eyes flicked around the room, like looking at stuff would make the time go faster. I heard someone smashing the piano keys in the …
Galaxy by Rita Smith
I don’t want to just “date” him. I want to crack open his soul and extract every nightmare, daydream, and aspiration he has ever had. …
The Girl with the Red Scarf by Murray Dunlap
This is one of the February Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. I gave my wife a red scarf …
Major Depressive Adulthood by Zach J. Payne
There will come a day when you slip, when, despite your best efforts, the alligators in your head will break through. It’s nothing momentous, you …