Talk To Strangers by Bree Luck Two years ago, in the pocket of time between Thanksgiving and the onslaught of holiday chaos, I spent a week with my grandmother, Mimi, at her home on […]

Mulioo Tebe by Clare Rolens In June of 2007, I watched the movie Once with you. We’d rented the DVD from Blockbuster, the way people did then. We were twenty-one, so dinner m […]

Don't Arrive Before You Get There by Deborah M. Prum My writing mantra used to be, Fine is good enough. I made sure whatever I sent out was the best it could be. However, I worked fulltime and was the […]

The Spirit Room by Claire Massey The spirit room is cold, not morgue-cold but goosebump chilly from October on. Maddie zips her hoodie and pulls the under-desk heater dangerously […]

The Art of the Dealer by Eric Lande After lunch, Donald’s art dealer, Regina Slabokoff, entered his office in a state of agitated grace. Donald’s office had a style—a Mojo s […]

Hard Water by S. E. Wilson   The appointment was made for five-thirty so my wife Polly and I could both be there.  She worked in an office in town and I was working from h […]

Lily is Safe by Elisa Wood Coming down from the redwood forest, where majestic trees defy rusted Coke signs and dead gas stations, we drive, curve after curve, in daylight […]

Ground Zero by Lynn Bushell   9 a.m. ‘M’ comes out of his flat. I see his head first, coming up the basement steps. He needs a haircut. And he’s wearing the same shirt he had […]

Fragments From Returning to the Suburban Neighborhood of My Youth by Sharon Gelman Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash. I. a. This morning, I saw a creature standing in the road. The size of a small dog with rust-colored fur. […]

Krenshaw and the Tale of Memphis by Karys Rhea The fear of losing you torments me.  Krenshaw’s roommate, Annie Alessandra, was dating Tommy Stalwart. Krenshaw had introduced them a few months ba […]

Don’t Let Anyone Break Your Creative Heart by Deborah M. Prum My vocation is writing, but my avocation is painting, mostly portraits. I belong to a Facebook group dedicated to showing the work of artists who are […]

The New House by Dawn Abeita It rained the day before so burying the cat wasn’t as hard as she thought it would be. She found a shovel in the shed, and wrapped her pet in an old t […]

New Cut Hay by Lawrence F. Farrar Immigration Service Camp, Kenedy, Texas – May 1944 Nearly two years had passed since a Peruvian policeman pointed a pistol at him and declared T […]

Fountains by Amy Foster Myer They were back at the fountain as she had promised, Nicky’s sweet round belly against the marble ledge as he tried to reach for the p […]

Scumbling by Thomas Mampalam   Beginning a painting was the hardest part. Each time, there was an anxious confrontation with the blank white canvas as he stood before the […]

The Art Of Unconventional Wit — With An AI Assist by Erika Raskin Photo by Yucel Moran on Unsplash .   My website recently asked if I’d like some assistance composing a blog post. As I’m hopelessly […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]