I had a hard time sleeping before Bone came. I was nine, and each night I wondered—Is that scratching on my window?
Creative Nonfiction
The Keeping Room is an online magazine for all women writers, poets, and artists.
We are looking to publish your short stories, essays, free writing, poetry, and photo essays that touch on topics related to Women’s Wisdom, Lessons Learned, Self-care, Bodies, Relationships, and Community.
Writers selected for publication will be paid $25
While It’s Still Possible by Sherry Stratton
I knew Mom couldn’t remove her wedding and engagement rings. Literally, could not get them off: the knuckle of her ring finger was swollen way beyond the size of the rings
For the Record
By Michelle Goering
When my Aunt Ada sits down to write to me, she’ll start with the weather: “Greetings on this cold and rainy Tuesday...
Sex Ed
By Laine Cunningham
A girl between eleven and fourteen (a gauzy and vibrant age) will enter menses. She will have been (awkwardly)...
The Cream of the Cream
by Cassie Premo Steele
“What do you like to read?” Sister Marie Claire was old. She wanted nothing to do with the Second Vatican Council, and...
THE COVERED BRIDGE
By Eliza Laffin
“So what’s for dinner?” I was foraging through Mom’s fridge, taking advantage of the quickly dissipating cold blast of...
BIRTHDAY TWIN
By Lindsay Rutherford
My birthday twin died today. I knew almost nothing about him, except that he and I were born on the exact same date....
How You Go
By Rain Wright
Hiding from the crowned virus, and my landlord half waves, a downward motion, to the lemon tree who’s called the bees...
Body Unlimited
By Kaitlin Kan
At first, I loved the attention. Everyone at school had a sort of hushed concern that I had a serious health...
Seeing Ourselves
By Jane Downs
"… to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with...
All My Daughters-in-Law and My Addiction to Heartbreaks
By Domnica Radulescu
There have been many over the years; wives and girlfriends of my two valiant sons—beautiful and brilliant...