Pratibha Kelapure Parallel Lives Two parallel lane markings on the freeway lie ahead of him like an estranged couple trying to keep the family together and hold the straying children in line. Pratibha Kelapure is a real person who lives in an imaginary world.
Read MoreDawn Corrigan Hide and Seek, 1978 We pulled the green smells into our bodies, ran farther and faster, winter-lengthened legs not awkward in motion, and we hunted one another in the prickly bushes, in yards laced with clotheslines until all together we found Joel and Tracy in the bushes, not minding the prickles, no longer […]
Read MorePamela Johnson Parker Haiku on Rediscovering My Wedding Rings I cover my hands With these diamonds; I cover My face with my hands Pamela Johnson Parker is a teacher who lives in western Kentucky and dreams every day of living by the sea.
Read MorePamela Johnson Parker Widow’s Mite: Word Problem with Subtrahend If the two become One flesh, then which one—and if One of the ones who Are one dies, then what Remains, how many are left, And how many leave? Pamela Johnson Parker is a teacher who lives in western Kentucky and dreams every day of living […]
Read MorePamela Johnson Parker Dendrochronology: A Footnote 1Defined, it’s a noun: That ring Where my wedding Ring was. Pamela Johnson Parker is a teacher who lives in western Kentucky and dreams every day of living by the sea.
Read MoreBrad Rose They Never Found My Father’s Body I recall the dust-gray ordinariness of my father’s face, and how, each day, in clean overalls, he left for the Upper Big Branch mine, but never once said goodbye. Brad Rose was born and raised in southern California, and lives in Boston. His chapbook of miniature fiction, […]
Read MoreHowie Good The Shadow Aspect They found her still holding the knife, as there wasn’t room in her head for one thing more, not even a small list of natural remedies – ginger for nausea, plantain for colds, rose hips for heartache. Howie Good co-edits White Knuckle Press with Dale Wisely and has published […]
Read MoreChris Fradkin Stick-on Stars Maru switched the light on, and the stick- on- stars went black. Chris Fradkin writes from Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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