Snapshots of a Past By Clara Oropeza FollowFollowFollow In the dream, you are a passenger inside a car that turns right onto the sleepy cul-de-sac of Bierenberg Place. On the left, you recognize the two-story brick house that sits behind a low-picket wooden fence...
The Session by Cornelia Mars FollowFollowFollow [Please note that names have been changed, and dialogue has been translated and shortened for brevity] I’m walking up the sunny side of a residential street in Montreal. It’s late March, and a cold snap has...
The Muralist by Carrie Hagen FollowFollowFollow The Muralist: Of Matter Deep and Dangerousby Carrie Hagen Luminare PressAugust 2022Paperback, 298 pagesISBN-10: 1643889257ISBN-13: 978-1643889252 Book review by Diana Morris-Bauer The city of Philadelphia at once boasts...
Math Class isn’t Tough. What Comes After is Tough. by Jessica Manack FollowFollowFollow Can a woman ever really stop tallying the figures of her life? It was just before 9:00 a.m., we were finishing breakfast, the toddler playing with his food more than eating it. I...
Her Sunflower Apron by Gail Ghai FollowFollowFollow When Ginny Reuben’s kitten, Tickle, got stuck in our giant elm tree, the neighbors flooded our front yard as if free food samples were being offered. The kids jumped, screamed, and cried, trying to coax the...
Anna’s Cabinetsby Laura Plummer FollowFollowFollow Section 8 apartments are all the same. Shady characters linger in the lobby, wearing too many layers for mid-July. When I visit, they speak to each other in code and tuck their hands into their pockets.In unit...
