Barbara MacCallum's Androgynous Art Artist Barbara MacCallum claims androgyny as her creative terrain. “I’m interested in male and female, nothing too macho or too feminine but the gap […]

The Secret Garden by Irina Moga I am back in Seoul after a fourteen-hour flight, fresh off the airport shuttle and into the city center, at the Nine Tree Hotel check-in desk. It’s a […]

It’s Fall (ish) And The Flash Fiction Results Are In! by Erika Raskin and Mary Esselman   The school bus is squeaking past again, there’s a pumpkin/watermelon cage match in the produce aisle and — most critically — the annual influx […]

What Do Dogs Do All Day? by Erika Raskin   Trixie Dougan Bijou Bellman was my mom’s dachshound when she was a kid. Though extremely short, Trixie had a rich and independent life. She […]

Portraits by Nigerian Artist Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel   The portraits of Nigerian artist Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel reveal his empathy, respect and sensitivity to his subjects. “The suffering an […]

We All Have Our Problems E. H. Jacobs   You and your wife are sitting in your therapist’s waiting room. You look at the door, paranoid that someone you know will come in and you’ll atte […]

To Be a New Yorker by Elizabeth Meade Howard   The train whistle trumpets its warning. I watch the woods, meadows and marshland slowly morph into urban views and city skylines. […]

The Photographs of Rachel Turney   Rachel Turney has traveled the world with curiosity and a camera. It all began in childhood. “I started taking pictures of houses in my Mi […]

HWY 20 at 30 Bottles a Minute by M. R. Whitt   I’d thank the heavens my shift is over but I can’t think straight long enough to do it. I don’t even remember pulling past the gates of the […]

Prints by Nigerian Artist Ojo Olaniyi Nigerian printmaker and painter Ojo Olaniyi creates works that reflect his interest in social justice, identity, and community. He often depicts his […]

Vacations are great, but . . . by Emily Littlewood We are going on the trip of a lifetime and the two parts of my personality are at war. Anxiety/control vs. procrastination/let it ride. It’s really […]

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 […]

Minimalist Photographs by Michael C. Roberts     Michael Roberts describes his delicately conceived photographs as “minimalist.” “Starting last fall,” Roberts remembers, “I wanted […]

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 […]

Watercolors and Drawings by James Ellis   Watercolors came naturally to artist James Ellis. “The summer I finished elementary school I discovered my mom was taking a watercolor pa […]

Comfort in the Unknown by Emily Littlewood Like a lot of people, I’ve dealt with health issues my whole life. I have cystic fibrosis, which comes with a cornucopia of symptoms, like d […]

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 […]