Jun 122 mincreative nonfiction“Here’s a Picture of Me” by Patrick McNallyHere’s a picture of me, my parents, and my brother Chris, back in 1982. They are dressed nicely, perhaps for church or some event. I am...
Jun 121 mincreative nonfiction"Queen of Wrath" by Russell HehnMy 27-year-old mother is forever blasting down the bubbling asphalt of late-summer Mississippi in a sky-blue 1978 Mercury Cougar—so wide...
Jun 123 mincreative nonfiction"Stranger in the City" by François BereaudStranger in the City (Abijan, Ivory Coast, 1998) I was unable not to take a second look when I saw them walk through the hotel lobby to...
May 306 minCNF"The Pickup Artist" by C. Ben StevensonLana lit my hair on fire a couple weeks ago trying to light a stogie, so she crinkles her arm when we embrace to avoid a repeat singe....
May 303 minCNF"Incident at Harlem Hospital" by Kendall JohnsonA word from the author: As a trauma therapist I was invited to Harlem Hospital to talk to the ER staff, ambulance crews, and doctors and...
May 12 minCNF"When I Remember How it Felt to be Thirteen" by Beth MulcahyI think of the night I decided I couldn’t wait to not be thirteen anymore. It wasn’t a far drive; I only lived a few blocks up the...
May 12 minCNF"Above the Canyon" by François BereaudFrom the sidewalk, my son and I watched the car in the opposite lane slow and execute a three-point turn, evoking a distant memory of...
May 11 mincreative nonfiction"Fine Black Doctor" by Cassondra WindwalkerHarris was a bare patch in the middle of bigger patch of prairie, but folks were proud of being respectable, hard-working Christians....
Apr 177 minCNF"To Her Coy Mister-ess" by Victoria Leigh BennettIn the first place, I resented everyone and his neighbor commenting on or even seeming to concern himself with my soul or lack of one....
Mar 201 mincreative nonfiction"Bunylla Bean" by Levi FaulkI stuff the happy yellow silken blooms into my pocket, my bunny rabbit’s favorite treat. I let them grow wild in my yard and harvest them...
Mar 202 mincreative nonfiction"Carry That Weight" by François BereaudCW: violence I spent a year wanting to kill a preacher. Inside the mother’s body, a child began to grow. I imagined medieval...
Feb 2011 minCNF"UNTITLED" by Lois L. K. ChanACT I The preamble. INT. ME - ALWAYS - UP UNTIL NOW I don’t call my mother’s father ’grandpa’. In English or Cantonese, it is a title...
Feb 209 minCNF"Edges of Memory" by Kris Haines-SharpRippling refers to the fact that each of us creates—often without our conscious intent or knowledge—concentric circles of influence that...
Feb 62 minCNF"Burn" by Agatha SicilThe blood moon eclipse revealed its power on a Thursday night in November. I took the letters journals and stationery that plagued the...
Jan 25 minCNF"Beethoven" by Katie Berger1. I think often about Beethoven, the 1992 children's movie; a John Hughes creation about a clumsy yet lovable St. Bernard. I remember...
Jan 23 minCNF"Flip" by Wendy NewburyMy mother blows smoke off the cast-iron comb she’s pulled from burning coals. She grabs the handle with a small raggedy hand towel...
Jan 213 minCNF"Syracuse: A Triptych" by Victoria Leigh BennettCW: For readers of this story--This is a story about the early 1990's. It is about a rough time and place where strong and objectionable...
Jan 22 minCNF"Holy Objects of Awe" by Keith HoernerI. The Incredulity of Thomas An index finger points the way from beneath the altar at Santa Croce Church in Gerusalemme, Roma. Postmortem...
Dec 19, 20215 minCNF"Chemical Pregnancies" and "Nurse Marge" by Beth MulcahyChemical Pregnancies Dear Diary, I was late for my period so I took a home pregnancy test. Could I just be imagining the second line on...
Nov 14, 20212 minCNF"Just Another Day in Paradise" by Cat DixonAt 5 pm I toss my bag and purse onto the table and crash into the cushy chair. The large windows that face the parking lot offer enough...