“Why are people afraid of getting older? You feel wiser. You feel more mature. You feel like you know yourself better. Would you really trade all that for softer skin? Not me. Nope.” — Anna Kournikova As you age, things change. Sure, things are always changing, but you notice the differences more acutely as you […]
Words From The Other Side
Why Start a Literary Group?
You’re new to the writing game. Someone in your past said you had talent, but life got in the way. Family, career, bills and discouragement kept you away from the keyboard. Only recently you made the commitment to sidestep obstacles and put your thoughts on paper. You’ve a laptop, ideas and a dream. You’ll carve […]
The Thing About Feeling Less Than
For most, if not all of my life, I’ve felt less than. That I don’t measure up, or if I do, I’m an imposter. Like, even if I have it all, I have nothing. If things are going really well, I assume it’ll be fleeting. Success, if it comes, seems like a clever hoax. When […]
This Holiday Season
As a visual artist and a writer it weighs heavily on my mind every holiday season what my Ghost Parachute covers should say or do or evoke or show. Because I can’t forget what’s happening. This holiday season, while you eat your turkeys, your hams, your roasts, nibble on chocolate chips, sugar cookies, gingerbread, sip […]
Pushcart Prize and Best Microfiction Nominations
Congratulations to all of our nominees! Pushcart Nominations Why I Love Penguins by MFC Feeley Little Will by Patricia Q. Bidar Things I Did with my Phone by Scott Garson Arnie Upstairs by Audrey Lindemann Malibu Lacey by Tara Campbell Polite by Kelle Schillachi Clarke Best Microfiction 2020 Why I Love Penguins by MFC […]
Pass the Skull Cookies, Please
Here’s a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon – Death Café. Officially described as a place where “people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death,” Death Cafés are discussion groups, not support groups or counseling sessions. The Death Café I attend does sometimes meet in a café, but we’ve also […]
