The Editor’s Desk
MINERVA by Seamus O'Connor
It was our first night in America.
STILL VOICE by Judie Maré
I felt a bead and heard the patter
strike against my cheek.
JAKE FINDS HIS SUPER-POWER by Daniel Kuttner
I'm going to cream you, Jake!
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY by Carolyn Straub
Below our small plane, snow blanketed Kodiak Island. We’d fished these waters in rain, but never snow. “Do the kings know it’s time to run?”
THE CHOIR by MJ Kruty
The writer’s group, seated around the table, listened to the soprano sing her story.
VIEW by Erin Schalk
We stood at the top of the cliff where,
during the battle,
Okinawans had been forced to
jump to their deaths
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT by Wendy Knepp
As I neared home, the Golden Arches lit the sky. Wouldn’t hot chocolate taste good before I turned in for the night?
A MEDITATION by Howard Feigenbaum
I drill down to a single blade
My mind is open
I sense the green
ROOM 221 by Cheryl McGuire
What stands out in Room 221 is Freddie.
LOOKS AREN'T EVERYTHING by Valerie Eitzen
Cousin Minnie Pearl, the undisputed queen of country comedy, wore her usual floral, flour sack dress and her famous straw hat with the dangling $1.98 price tag.
GOPHER THEATER by Sandy Schuster-Hubbard
The ticket window faced the street, with a set of double green doors on either side.
KITTENS by Lynette Tucker
The pin was two black cats sitting back to back with their tails entwined
THE DIME LADY by Chuck Sims
There were at least five of us over a fifteen to twenty year period drawn into her service by the lure of a dime.
A MEMORIAL DAY STORY by Victor Swatsek
These are the war stories one rarely hears.
AUTHORS, HELP by Hanna Stephenson
Somebody raise
George Orwell from his grave,
COVER ART by Vicki Allen-Hitt
Nantucket Summer