This year’s nominees: The River at Dawn by Evan James Sheldon Those Who Grow Horns by Miranda Williams Beehive by Karen Gonzalez-Videla July, 1944 by Shaemus Spencer Two Moons and a Hummingbird by Jo Varnish Hester’s Mom by MFC Feeley
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Ten Things George Floyd Protests Share with the Boston Massacre
1. Soldiers/Police Attacked their Fellow Citizens. The Boston Massacre was not a battle between soldiers and rebels, but between a peacekeeping force and the people they were meant to protect. In 1770 the colonists were still citizens of England. At the subsequent trial, future US president John Adams defended the British soldiers, but stated: “I […]
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 […]
What My Dog Taught Me About Writing
Dogs Make Excellent Writing Partners Writing can be lonely, but friends are distracting. Dogs are companionable, without being conversational. You can type quietly, suddenly talk, then stop mid-sentence without repercussion. You can test a phrase nineteen different ways. Twenty. Hit delete. Start over; your dog’s happy. Skip the Purina Garvey will eat anything but commercial […]
Pushcart Prize Nominations
We are proud to announce our 2018 Pushcart Prize nominations: “First Mars, then the Moon” by Ciera Horton McElroy “Disneyland” by Robert Vaughan “Let’s Get Loud” by Vanessa Gonzales “The Fifth Amendment: Yearning to Be Free” by MFC Feeley “The Siren” by Alyssa Pearl Fusek “N n’ N” by Rosa Boshier
Rest Here
Wind, power, speed; we zoom up the mountain to the place that prints the papers, where you can get The Wall Street Journal early. I love the orange motorcycle the way other girls love ponies. At three, I have my own helmet and know to hold on tight, but I must not be holding tight […]
