BEDTIME ENCYCLOPEDIA by Tricia Louvar Imagine if we unraveled your brain—hooked a dendrite or axon onto a crochet needle to pull it out of your skull. We could then attach the pathway to a plane’s wing and fly around the globe almost four times without ever having to stop, unless you count the refueling needs, … [Read more…]
AVERAGES by Angela Palm At The River I have a new job and a car payment I didn’t ask for. I am sixteen. I am forcibly learning “the value of a dollar” and missing out on Friday night boy-girl trips to Pizza Hut with kids who wear letterman jackets. It is 1997. I have my … [Read more…]
KADDISH by Susan Lynn Solomon Pellets of snow stung my cheeks. I bent into the January wind and reached for my brother. He glanced at me from the corner of his eye. For a moment I thought he might brush my hand from his sleeve. “It was nice,” I said. Linda, his wife of three … [Read more…]
THE PARABLE OF THE MADMAN by Cassie Hottenstein Are you not the madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” There will be time, there will be time: We will now discuss in a little more detail the … [Read more…]
FOLLOW YOUR BLISS by Jessica Erica Hahn “I awoke in a sweat from the American Dream… I screamed into the wind my goodbye to the world” —Amebix, “Nobody’s Driving” ONE SUMMER EVENING BEHIND OAKLAND’S KMART and under … [Read more…]