STORY OF THE WEEK

STORY OF THE WEEK

The Storm By Thomas Hardy

The Storm

By Thomas Hardy
Apparently there was to be a thunder-storm, and afterwards a cold continuous rain. The creeping things seemed to know all about the later rain, but little of the interpolated thunder-storm.

POEM OF THE WEEK

POEM OF THE WEEK

Kronos By Joshua Mehigan

Kronos

By Joshua Mehigan
If there are two and if they’re unaware that I am there, they meet each other in the passage, pause as if exchanging news, then go their own ways home.

SPRING STORY CONTEST

SPRING STORY CONTEST

SPRING STORY CONTEST

We’re looking for short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, and excerpts from long fiction and nonfiction.

Please see the Guidelines.

FICTION

FICTION

If the Body Makes a Sound By Tryphena L. Yeboah

If the Body Makes a Sound

By Tryphena L. Yeboah
How painful is childbirth? Chichi let the words out so easily, as though she were talking about the weather. When her mother finally spoke, she said, As painful as death. I won’t lie to you.

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

Boulder City By T. C. Boyle

Boulder City

By T. C. Boyle
Four words—Your mother passed away—coming at him from the realm of anonymity, the lips of a stranger speaking through the inert slab of a phone hundreds of miles away.

FICTION

FICTION

The Red Shoes By Lavanya Vasudevan

The Red Shoes

By Lavanya Vasudevan
We thought for a long time that it was only a child’s exuberance, the kind most of us had left years behind, the irresistible desire to jump and run, even in a sacred space.

HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST WINNER

POETRY

HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST WINNER

HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST WINNER

No, but I once got very close By Michelle Li

No, but I once got very close

By Michelle Li
That was the year I kept talking to myself: I am good I am good I want to be loved. By you, I mean.

POETRY

POETRY

Monologue of a Ghost By David Mason

Monologue of a Ghost

By David Mason
I stood in laced boots. My foot felt strong. I had that feeling of being young again, immortal, wearing a magic war shirt.

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

That Spring By Lo Naylor

That Spring

By Lo Naylor
spring came all the same. announced itself like a woodpecker on bark. my heart barked in my chest. each morning, I didn’t dare go back to sleep—couldn’t bear to wake twice.
What My Father Taught Me about the Snow By Chelsea Woodard

What My Father Taught Me about the Snow

By Chelsea Woodard
Rest your left wrist lightly on the steering wheel to guide the car, because in this plummeting weather there is nothing to do but lean in.

CARTOONS

GRAPHIC STORY

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2026-04 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2026-04

By Various Artists
Enjoy the humor of Suzy Becker, Kyle Bravo, Pat Byrnes, Kaamran Hafeez, and Dan Misdea.

GRAPHIC STORY

GRAPHIC STORY

My Father By Shannon Wheeler

My Father

By Shannon Wheeler
In 1967 he adopted an Open Land Policy: anyone who wanted could come and live for free.