Tag Archives: father

THREE STORIES

Fiction by Mary McCall

{Apr 23, 2023}

Humans are the simplest sum of their biggest fault.… more

My Father, My Uncle

Essay by Maud Lavin

{Feb 28, 2023}

Something other than forgiveness for a con man… more

Lights Out Helena: Montana, 1992

Fiction by Joel Wayne

{May 20, 2020}

Onscreen, George Bailey is wandering the streets of Bedford Falls, pacing by the house of the girl he is meant to be with but doesn’t know it yet. I cry when he shakes her like a rabbit. You think I don’t know that love?… more

A Father’s Counsel

Fiction by Youssef Rakha

{Feb 17, 2020}

Well, the revolution made Karim fatherless all his life. Now the coup made him lifeless. … more

Mile 183

Fiction by Kari Treese

{Nov 11, 2019}

Her sigh woke us—Dad from his silent, attentive driving, and us from our screens in the backseat. … more

Truth is Violence, Violence Truth

Fiction by Adam Lock

{Jun 10, 2019}

Violence is all about the truth. You have to hand it to violence — everyone knows where they are with it.… more

Silence, Father

Fiction by Delvon T. Mattingly

{Dec 19, 2018}

“When grandmother passed away, father grew reticent. And I was okay with it, since he abandoned his routine of scolding me for lacking masculinity. Since he didn’t condemn every tear that fell from my face, spewing the same toxic rhetoric of how I needed to emotionally withdraw and appear similar to a parapet wrapped in black derma, to protect everyone around me, just like him. When I thought I would cry most, I felt nothing.”… more

Sometimes The Air Stills

Fiction by Chris Di Placito

{Jun 4, 2018}

A boy under the cancerous spell of his abusive father. A town under the deprived grip of misogyny and violence. Both stunted and silenced with fear.… more