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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]