A Stone by Debbie Bennett It was a flat grey stone, the kind you found in tourist shops, with pre-set words. What a strange gift from Andrea, I’d thought, and plunked it into m […]

The Sculpted Paintings of Brooke Major   At three, Brooke Major picked up a paint brush and rode her first horse. Her path was set. “My grandfather had riding stables and I fell in lo […]

Once Upon A Memoir by Trudy Hale I am in an abusive relationship again. This morning was the first time it occurred to me to label it as such. Not a lover or husband, or friend, but […]

Birthday Boys by Will Underland   When he woke it was with awareness that it was his birthday and thus with an ebullience lacking on most other days when waking and rising were […]

Cristina's Pop Art   Cristina is an artist with an eye to humor, the ironic and social commentary. She started creating art for fun at the age of six, painting […]

The Photography of Leah Oates and Max St-Jacques This mother and son have more than most in common; Leah Oates and son Maximilien St-Jacques share a passion for photography.Oates’s grandfather was a […]

The Secrets We Kept in Our Condo Association by I. S. Berry It’s hard to know when it started—the hollow feeling when I entered my building. The unease as I unlocked the front door, like I was entering a str […]

Mimm Patterson Wins Streetlight's 2024 Art Contest Mimm Patterson is the Winner of Streetlight’s 2024 Art Contest Among the submissions that we received for the Streetlight Art Contest, Mimm […]

Candy Apple Smile by Catherine Chiarella Domonkos   Kat’s portrait tilted on Wendy’s dresser festooned with effulgent skyscrapers: birds of paradise and stargazers. A spent cork from a New Year […]

Where'd The Idea For That Come From? by Erika Raskin Writers write. Worriers worry. I am quite adept at doing both. You know, simultaneously. I penned my first book, Close, while partaking in a […]

Ian, Who Lives on the Mountain Overlooking the City Where He Works by John Brantingham On a foggy dawn like this, at the edge of the cliff, at the edge of winter when the wind is blowing through the forest, all the ice chips […]

Flowers by William Cass   As I marked another donation box I’d filled with my son’s trach supplies, the doorbell rang. Two men in identical ball caps and polo shir […]

In Other Words by Elizabeth Meade Howard   Remember letters? Ones that came in the mail with stamps and occasional foreign postmarks? Remember that moment of anticipation before […]

My Inspiring Journey by Sean Nishi Studio City, November, 2016 Had a great time going back home for Thanksgiving. Everyone was there—Mom, Dad, my Sister, our championship horse S […]

No YOU Say it Erika Raskin Someone asked me what a writer’s voice is. I was momentarily tongue-tied. It’s a tricky concept to capture and describe–a little like trying […]

Transference by MaryLewis Meador   Lucy and Henry are not an unusual couple. They forgive slights, hold some grudges, and share hilarity at mispronunciations, bad teeth, and […]

A Leg in the Darkness by Alex Joyner When the leg appeared out of the darkness, flung over the gate of the neighboring corral, I was howling along with Emmylou Harris. “Beneath Still W […]

The View by Kay Rae Chomic Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir · The View by Kay Rae   Podcast: “The View” is a short fiction about self sabotage. A fictional s […]

The Photographs of Christopher Woods                         I have always been interested in visual art. In fact, years ago my wife, Linda, and I owned a small art gallery. Bu […]