Issue #4

The Light by Blaze Farrar

The November moon was high overhead, making the treetops and field look silver. I went out to see the moon glow on my skin and found a moth struggling to build a…

Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Pasta

Bow-tie pasta (farfalle) is great in dishes with intense fragrances and flavors. It really holds on to the delicious, creamy sauce in this entree. Ingredients: 4 ounces smoked salmon, torn into pieces…

East Coast CICADA Roast!

What some call a 17-year problem, we call delicious! For best results, catch ‘em while they’re fresh out of the ground. They will be easier to catch and more tender! 1 lb…

Quibids.com (An investigation)

Quibids.com The Real Story – An Investigatory Review of Quibids.com and Its Practices Qibids.com is a business involved in “Penny Auctions”. This appears to be a form of online gambling thinly disguised…

Staff Comics

Staff Comics

Detour by Cheryl Diane Kidder

Detour “Did you bring the baby’s bottle?” “Of course I did. Did you put the diapers in the trunk?” “We can always buy diapers.” “You mean to say we have no diapers…

Dredging by Adam Kotlarczyk

Dredging “They’re draining Jackson Pond,” my wife says, and I almost spray my Fruit Loops. She just keeps rolling like it doesn’t matter, rinsing her breakfast dishes and slipping them into the…

Delaney’s Pansies by Evan Guilford-Blake

Delaney’s Pansies Delaney had spent his entire life trying to make the world a more beautiful place. And he’d done it—modestly perhaps, but he’d done it. His pansies glorified his yard and…

I Shake My Head by Rachel Pond

I Shake My Head because when I ask her what the emergency is, she tells me her 11 year old son won’t go to school. I want to shout at the woman…

Emerging Adulthood (Vignettes) by Kimberly Zerkel

Emerging Adulthood Old Age Frightens Me During the last few years of his life, Grandad used to write down the time and events of each day. At 2:15, the mail was delivered,…

Polaroid Umbrella by Patricia Rossi

Polaroid Umbrella A pink candle perfectly centered atop a birthday cake, a cake my mother baked on a scorching summer afternoon in late August, 1965. It was my favorite cake, chocolate, lathered…

Kisses of Hope by David Pring-Mill

Kisses of Hope There are kisses in which people want to get lost, There are kisses in which people want to be found. There are kisses that fade into pecks of routine.…

The Dance Never Danced by Joseph Roberts

The Dance Never Danced The lights went down on the dance floor The song, “Unchained Melody” played The couple embraced each other And began their dance of pure love Their eyes locked…

Back Again by Ingi House

Back Again She called me at 2 a.m. asking if I’m okay a shooting 2 hours away Just last month I called her, asking if she was okay, her city burning just…

Apples by Ingi House

Apples I reach for the bag of apples in my fridge, reminded of the time you told me, after a night of love making, that I had nothing in my apartment to…

Locksmith by Nicholas D’Angelo

Locksmith Waiting Paradise Entry locked from inside No locksmith Seeing glory from a distance Onlookers wait patiently With sweaty palms And weeping red eyes

I’m Not Sure Why the Sky Turns Pink by Safiyyah Motaib

I’m Not Sure Why the Sky Turns Pink after being blue, but I know how it feels. it welcomes the night with white clouds after long days filled with stubborn folk who…

Ectotherm by Julie M. Goldberg

Ectotherm Don’t shop when you’re hungry, they always say. No one mentions the opposite: don’t bother when you’ve lost your appetite. Nothing looks like food. The cart goes hungry. Spotless glass flings…

Halloween by Mary Gunn

Halloween All deciduous leaves are falling . . . Unending swathes of bronze and yellow, Turnips and pumpkins – faces glowing, Unusual costumes and a cheery “hello”, Mother’s warning: “fewer sweets, more…