Fiction , Volume 8, Issue 2
Ice Attack
Named within the prose: CELEBRAS TIWARI – Intergalactic business magnate and owner of Tiwari Morplex.
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Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
Breathing
The barks of a pack / of dogs echo / echo down the empty streets / Breathe slow / one-two / Breathe deep / three-four / A car alarm sounds, / the wind…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
Midday Minuet
High / wispy clouds / dance across this / noon sky, nebulous ribbons / pirouetting around the / bright white / sun
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
To a Home that was not my own
I hated your smile the warmth of your touch the gentle / violence of your hands as you forced a strange tongue / into my mouth and even stranger faces…
Fiction , Volume 8, Issue 2
The Cellar Songs
I was thirteen when I first heard the singing from our cellar.
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
My Africa
Land of my ancestors / Today you call me and I ponder / I’m a stranger to your rooster’s morning crow / To the natural smell of your plants / Adding…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
Truth & Reconciliation
If you had asked me / I would have shared with you / My land my ways even my heart / But you wanted it all / You took my home from me / Carrying me far…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
Wild Fire
At the end of days / They say we will not know / Our own roofs from the midnight sky / Whether to fling our barrels / Or capture our last gasps within…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
A Handful of Dust
One hand holds the sands / of time within its grasp. / See / the granules seeping past / clutched fingers? / I am the relic, drawn up / from tear parched…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
The Dreams of Howard Kirk
Outside The Falls Library / Magpies sound like sewing machines. / Inside, mass typing / Echoes their chattering. / One day, our messages / Will arrive…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
For GG
On my last bender I saw / Apollonius of Tyana / In my shaving mirror, / And gasped / Until the glass / Steamed over. / Then, corpse candles / In the…
Creative nonfiction , Volume 8, Issue 2
Tumbling Down a Staircase: A Scene from My Writing Life
I’m reviewing my manuscript in Farley’s café, right across the street from Bloom’s Saloon— which I recommend if you’re ever looking for an adult beverage…