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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
When the Spring Winds are Strong, Wolf Spiders Balloon by Gary D. Grossman
They’re up on the branch tips, all eight legs en pointe— one hundred and four chitinous arachnids, their tutus matching leafless twigs. Thes […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
The Earth is Round by Karen Dolan
Karen Dolan has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2024 Essay/Memoir Contest I had seen the penis on the ultrasound, I knew I was h […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Fast Art by Kate Bennis
As writers, artists, creators, we can sometimes lose sight of our purpose in the struggle to generate our work. Our culture, certainly, adds to the […] -
Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Maxed Out by Jason Montgomery
This year my credit card company sent me a birthday card. In simple red, white and blue it wished me a happy birthday from Credit One. It is nice […] -
Elizabeth Howard wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Artist Anick Langelier Looks to the Old Masters
Anick Langelier is a Canadian artist whose paintings mix the spiritual and literary with inspiration from the Old Masters. Living in […] -
Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
The Investment by Jacqueline Coleman-Fried
My eyes, full of my husband’s body thinning, swelling, sleeping— too full to notice the plant, six feet tall, emerald leaves spl […] -
Elizabeth Howard commented on the post, The Oppenheimer Retrospective by Katherine Slaughter 1 year, 4 months ago
Kay, Strong stuff! Thanks for writing this moving and powerful piece.
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Water, Water, Everywhere: Lessons of Water by Fred Wilbur
“If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” —Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle […] -
Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Hansel by Claire Rubin Scott
Why does she get all the praise just because she pushed the witch into blood-burning flames it was me who gathered shiny white pebbles glistening […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
The Oppenheimer Retrospective by Katherine Slaughter
Katherine Slaughter has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2024 Essay/Memoir Contest Oppenheimer: Back to the Future In the movie […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Midnight by Cyndy Muscatel
Cyndy Muscatel is the 1st place winner of Streetlight’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest Dressed only in her pajamas and Ugg slippers, Rebecca […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Holidays by Dominik Slusarczyk
Dominik Slusarczyk is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest We stay up all night drinking. When we eventually […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
5 Writing Pitfalls To Avoid by Erika Raskin
1. Losing The Plot Think of being unable to tell someone what your work-in-progress is about as a seriously suspicious mole; a flashing warning […] -
Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
The red onion by Deborrah Corr
Deborrah Corr has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2024 Poetry Contest The red onion is a purple globe. I hold it, let my skin adore […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
A Matter Of Time by Janis Jaquith
Fiction is the lie that tells the truth. The truth is that there was a fire, six people died, and it was intentionally set. The spirit of Lisa […] -
Elizabeth Howard wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
For Albemarle’s Sam Abell, Photographs Come from Within. By Russell Hart
The first thing Sam Abell entreats his workshop students to do is imagine their photographs without a primary subject. “I cover up the su […] -
Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
It's Done, Beautifully Again by Tim Suermondt
Tim Suermondt has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2024 Poetry Contest It’s Done, Beautifully Again My wife, Pui Ying, shows me her […] -
Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
The world's ugliest coffee table. Probably made by Martha Stewart in prison by Wayne Bowman
OK. Here’s the back story. A couple of years ago, I walked into the living room one Sunday morning, and noticed one of the big pillows my wife and I […] -
Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
Plop by Mary Walsh
Plop A Rorschach inkblot appears on the cement before me. I veer to avoid the disgusting mess. Weirdly white for a germ filled poop, I fail to […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 year, 5 months ago
Last Words by Caroline Malone
I should have turned on the porch light, but the bulb is dead, I said, I had to leave her alone in the bathroom so I could stand outside and watch for […] - Load More
