Cinzano by Michael Paul Hogan   The silence had lengthened to the point where it was awkward. The young man said, “Have you noticed? Ours is a Cinzano umbrella, but al […]

Political Animals by Erika Raskin I’ve been a vegetarian for years and years. I try not to be preachy about the issue `#ToEachHisOrHerOwn but in truth the whole concept of […]

Thoughts About the Universe These Mornings by Laura Marello Everything is connected. Most of what the universe energy is, creation/destruction energy, we don’t understand. We underestimate the […]

The Collages of Ann Calandro   Collage artist Ann Calandro drew a lot as a child and wanted to be an artist when she was grown. Not getting into art school, she ended up […]

Santa, Undone by Travis Flatt He taps on my door. You’ve got to hand it to a seven-year-old for knocking. That lesson he learned even before reading. “Please knock,” his mothe […]

A Winter's Tale by Trudy Hale 4:30 a.m. A barely audible humming wakes me from a deep sleep. It’s a faint yet unfamiliar sound. I am used to the quiet, to the ordinary sounds, so t […]

All’s Fair in Love and Teacher Gifts by Ellen Weeren Even though it was early June, Elena wore an oversized, off-white cable-knit cardigan to the grocery store. The gift cards were displayed near the […]

Frankie Slaughter Shows at Quirk Gallery   Streetlight: When and how were you introduced to art? Frankie Slaughter: When I was growing up, my mother, a modern dancer, art historian […]

The Drawings of Lorraine Caputo     During my growing up, I experimented with many media. I taught myself how to dig and process clay from local stream beds. I taught m […]

You Are Here by Erika Raskin I’ve written previously about missing a sense of direction and thought an update might be warranted: It still sucks. Recently, when I was […]

Butter Moon by Lydia Gwyn   The full moon is bright yellow tonight. She watches it rise above the tree line as she drives, rising above the high school building, the […]

Merry Christmas from Streetlight!   Merry Christmas from all of us at Streetlight!!

Second Marriage by E. K. Riley     She kept track of what belonged to her and what belonged to him. She felt guilty, but also compelled. The silver coffee spoons were h […]

The Art of Susan Egbert     My involvement with art began early. My father was a freelance artist in upstate New York and I started showing pen and ink drawings w […]

Photographer Aaron Farrington When tracked down, Aaron Farrington was on a camping trip in the woods of Grayson Highlands State Park. We met soon afterwards in his basement studio […]

A Map Of Her Mind By Benjamin Roque Suddenly Emery stopped walking. He just stood there, a still-life in the afternoon, on a busy sidewalk. The crowd parted around him—one b […]

The Best Piece of Writing Advice Most Writers Don’t Listen To by Lauren Sapala For most writers, writing is a strong inner calling. It feels like a passion that they can’t ignore, a destiny they must fulfill. And for writers w […]

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 […]