In the Nature of Chickens, There is Little Room for Gentleness by Emma Fenton On Thursday, there are three chickens in the backyard pecking at each other, plucked feathers scattered on the ground like a gruesome crime […]

The Thrill of the Sale by Emily Littlewood Recently I was able to convince my husband to let go of a small part of his hoard/collectibles (vocab depending on who you ask). This was accomplished […]

grown girl: she thinks of the dead by Liz Femi it surely is the same wrinkled sky from years ago when i lived in dense forest towns when cold winds chafed Iroko bark like prayers chafe […]

Unzipped by Sheri Reynolds   Sheri Reynolds is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s Flash Fiction Contest The garbage disposal made a horrible racket, a gritty, g […]

The Big Tent Of Dangerous by Erika Raskin Here’s what the Left—of which I am a dyed in the wool member—needs to understand: many adherents of ‘conspiracy’ theories aren’t crazy. I mean a lot […]

Belleville Reformed Church by Josh Humphrey And if you were that old collection of smudged walls and dusty glass, you would be embarrassed to be caught by                        the mo […]

The Drowned Place by Miles Fowler Red-wing blackbirds flew overhead, their red shoulders gleaming in the afternoon sun. The air was thick with the chirping and buzzing of wild fauna. […]

My Brother's Heart by Phyllis Brotherton Phyllis Brotherton has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest   I carry my brother’s heart all the way to Salina, Ka […]

Writing the Family Secret by Sharon Ackerman Who doesn’t love mysteries and secrets? I can recall sitting under a shade tree as a child with stacks of Nancy Drew, Alice in Wonderland, Tom’s Mid […]

Little Vova* by P. W. Bridgman P. W. Bridgman is the 1st place winner of Streetlight’s Flash Fiction Contest     She told the story about him, but only once. About ho […]

Beech Tattoos by Ned Kraft Father Fagus Grandifolia, silver grey with muscled shoulders fingers traced across the soil like a hawk’s nest suturing the slope. Beech t […]

Photographer Russell Hart As I Found It: My Mother’s House     Sometimes I envy my baby-boomer friends for having lost their parents quickly. Mine left this life p […]

One August Afternoon by Trudy Hale I am waiting at the Chicken Co-op, pronounced ‘coop,’ inside the Exxon gas station and convenience store in Lovingston, Virginia. A couple of blo […]

Dream House by Wendy Fontaine Wendy Fontaine is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest An itchy palm means you’re going to come into some money. T […]

Michael Powers: Honorable Mention in Streetlight's 2023 Art Contest     Streetlight: When did you become interested in art? Michael Powers: I have had an interest in artist expression from a very early a […]

Five economic terms you should know and The ring of Gyges, 2 poems by Casey Killingsworth Five economic terms you should know Scarcity. The bar where I am drinking–because I have money–has more beer than it could give away but it won […]

Air is Wind is Song by Fred Wilbur As a child, when did you first become aware of air? It was probably as its manifestation in the mysterious force of wind. Indeed, we all have […]

Special Delivery by Daniel Pié The Widow Lowery would occasionally sleep with Mr. Oshiro. It was, in small-town parlance, a well-kept secret. Certainly, nothing in Mr. […]

2023 Art Contest Winner Shows at Chroma Gallery Until August 26     Emma Knight’s imaginary gardens and landscapes picture magical worlds of color and exotic plants in mysterious, lush settings. They evo […]