Stories
First & Second Looks
A raucous voice I raise in praiseful song, but it’s myself I praise.
Poem of the Week
When I say I’ve seen a man die, what I mean is many and always.
Poetry
I tell him: junkies are the only people worth talking to about love.
The signs of destruction confirm his apocalyptic suspicions, but they also satisfy his desire to “get it all over with.”
iStories
Howard found himself dancing the merengue with a buxom Puerto Rican.
At fifteen, Sam is becoming wise to the ambiguities of the world. And at fifteen, she can’t yet accept them.
Story of the Week
I tried mightily, but no longer could I ladle those ancient words into the air.
Narrative Outloud
The girl marched directly up to me, glaring, and said, “You hit my dog.”
Poetry
“You need me,” says the mind. “I just want what’s best for you.”
Poem of the Week
We need a silvery stream that banks as smoothly as a plane’s wing.
N30B Winners
do you asks pretty sue know what I love what pretty please tell us
Story of the Week
The elevator inside him begins to fall with dizzying speed.
Poem of the Week
When push comes to shove, I can get downright Aeolian on you, son.
Fiction
The pillow into which her face was turned muffled her voice.
Poem of the Week
Tears sometimes come in a bottle. Open and apply several times daily.
Narrative High School Writing Contest
Women should hate it when people whistle at their backs as they walk past.
Nonfiction
Later, in a sudden about-face, she gives herself to him entirely.
Story of the Week
I didn’t trust her. Relationships like ours aren’t built on trust.
Story of the Week
A bird is chirping outside, the world is carrying on, and she is in it.
Poem of the Week
When she sleeps, Shakespeare writes one more sonnet we’ll never read.
Story of the Week
Children are never old enough to understand their parents’ affairs.
Poem of the Week
The five notes, slowly, over & over, and with some light intent.
Fiction
There was a glint of cold red light out there, on the other shore of the lake.
N30B Winners
Your soul feels old and familiar like a book that opens to my favorite pages.
Story of the Week
He knows what she’s seeking, and he knows she won’t find it.
