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 […]

On the Edge by Trudy Hale When have you been convinced to change your mind? How did it happen? By negotiation? By beauty? By lament? By shock or threat? By what? The […]

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 […]

Down the Shore by John Adinolfi Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir · Down the Shore by John Adinolfi Podcast: “Down the Shore” is about the rhythm of the sea and a […]

William Crawford's New Photography   My photography employs minimalist classical shooting techniques which offer a throwback alternative to computer driven modern photography. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

2024 Flash Fiction Contest by Erika Raskin   Once again, we had the opportunity to read a (virtual) stack of flash fiction pieces that have enlarged our worlds—and we are grateful. As us […]

Tips For Aging Women by Christine McDowell Tucker Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that you’re considering getting old. We don’t recommend this course of action, of course, because the risks […]

Downstairs by Gary Duehr   What’s happening to me? Downstairs I can hear my wife Ann with our two-year-old Isabella, their sounds bubbling up from the kitchen. The […]