Driving into the mountains is always remembering what I’d forgotten, the air filling in something that had been deflated, seeing them looming, heavy on all …
Sixteen by Erin Traylor
The morning after, ………….when you hug your mother having found her ………….in the kitchen wiping plates, that’s when she’ll say ………….she knew, but she doesn’t …
The Last Year My Mom Was Married to the Owner of the Daycare by Amanda Karwel
The wave pool at the waterpark was crowded: one moment I was under the water, and then I wasn’t. I told Miss Cheryl, with all …
Just a Note to My Teenage Angst and Her Unused Black Lipstick by Kayla Wheeler
When you chose Manic Panic Raven, a shade so dark you couldn’t find it at the bottom of your purse after you stole it from …
What I Never Wrote by Lori Werner
Every week I step on the tired scale wondering why I want to lose parts of myself. I open the refrigerator door just to look: …
On the Queensboro Bridge by Kait Burrier
Long Island City isn’t really in Long Island and the East River is technically a tidal strait and our date was actually more of …
Solace Seekers by Daniela Sordillo
The solace seekers search for something that will help them escape. On hands and knees with their magnifying glasses. They scour the Earth, Ripping their …
How to Love Again by L. N. Holmes
Beauty, brook with broken rocks Wash away my wishes, stream. Make me mindful of my dreams. Who am I to hope? Dancing on dangerous …
Fiona Apple’s Parting Advice for Every ‘I Know I Said Forever, But—’ by SaraEve
She is teaching me to play the piano, says this is the last thing she has for me. But I am all left handed, emotional, banging …