What had followed was a cycle, an expulsion of amassed pain. It could not be dispelled nor evaporated, it had to be unleashed the way clouds poured the rains they harbored, rather than condensed into the buried recesses of wells. Despite her sins, she has suffered plenty.… more
Tag Archives: Dreams
Taking the Auspices
FICTION by Michael Patrick BradyThat night, I dreamt about the cowbird again. It perched on the tip of my nose and laid its eggs in my mouth as I lay paralyzed across a long, flat rock. “You’ll get it someday,” my grandmother said, trying to quell my tears. “You’ll learn.”… more
Comets
FICTION by Joseph Allen CostaDel, a struggling cabinetmaker, lucks into seven garbage bags of wild growing pot and sees it as a way to start his own shop.… more
BULLshot: Steven Wingate
GENRE NON-BINARY by Pete WitteThe author of “Danny in Lane Two” talks about regret and taking responsibility for one’s own happiness… more
BULLshot: JD Smith
GENRE NON-BINARY by Pete WitteThe author of “Foolish Time” talks daydreaming, distraction, and the perks and perils of each… more
Casualties
FICTION by Robert Hinderliter“A man crashes out of the trees and into the clearing—black beard, long, greasy hair, a short, curved sword in his hand. From all sides others like him pour from the woods… more
