The Closet Full of Darlings by Erika Raskin Lots of people have gotten credit for the literary adage advising writers to kill their darlings. In fact it was Arthur […]

Joshua Number Eight by E. Hume Covey     If you could sit totally still for long enough on the big rock by the sycamore, the catfish would peek out tentatively from the hollow u […]

Interview by J Brooke of Hotel Cuba's author Aaron Hamburger I first met Aaron Hamburger at a cocktail party during grad school. I was a writing student focusing on nonfiction and poetry and Hamburger was part […]

The Cat Goddess of Apartment 15B by Alex Barr The back of Bill’s neck smells for some reason of peach and is delightfully warm to my lips. He murmurs something I don’t catch but sounds lik […]

The Paintings of Jeannine Regan     Art runs in my family. My great grandfather was an architect in Germany before they immigrated to the U.S. before WWI. His daughter, m […]

The Importance Of Interior Design In Writing by Erika Raskin The way someone curates their personal space conveys who they are. For a writer, that’s hugely important. “Show, don’t tell” is a guiding […]

Waterfall by Jo Riglar   Jo Riglar is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s Flash Fiction Contest I reached the waterfall as the rain started. Little vicious drops. A […]

Call of the Wild by Trudy Hale I wanted to write about hunting season here in the rural countryside, the howling packs of dogs, the men and women who sit in muddy trucks on the side […]

Sinking by Deborah Prum I attended a state university that required you to pass a swim test to graduate. I will not mention the name of the institution because I’m a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Still Life with Black Pants and Peppers by Christine Tucker Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir · Still Life with Black Pants and Peppers by Christine Tucker   Podcast: “Still Life with Black P […]

Flash Fiction Winners – 2023   Judging a flash-fiction contest is like being let loose in a tapas bar—without the discomfort afterwards. This year’s entries did not di […]