Scotch on the Rocks by Shoshauna Shy
I wear want-me red with matching stilettos and the bracelet he brought from Venezuela, the earrings received for a birthday meant to echo my crystalline eyes
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Author: Every Writer
Richard Edwards has a BFA in Creative Writing and Journalism from Bowling Green State University and an M.S. in Education from the University of Akron. Managing editor of Drunk Duck, poetry editor for Prairie Margins, reporter for Miscellany, Akron Journal, Lorain Journal, and The BG News. He has also worked as a professional writer and editor in the medical publishing industry for several years. For the last 15 years Richard has also taught literature and writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels. He works much of the time with at-risk students.
The Photo by M.H.D.S. Dharshanapriya
The Photo by M.H.D.S. Dharshanapriya ‘Where is the photo ? Who took it ? Tell me.’ My sister’s frenzied voice
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The Wife by Ed Nichols
Raymond stood at the casket for a long time. It was early in the afternoon and the family would not be back to the funeral home to receive visitors until six o’clock
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At a Funeral by Alyasa Abbas
Waseem Akbar was a friend of my father’s and my uncles – It was the only thing I knew about him. Naturally, the news of his death did not affect me. The burial was in the night.
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Glance of a Lifetime by Frank Powers
Once upon a time, there lived an average family. The patriarch, Joe, had an average job making average money with an average company. The matriarch,
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Vision by Valeri Kathleen Paxton-Steele
She sat upon the verdant hilltop, grass beneath bare feet, chores forgotten. She had come to gather firesticks and water. Instead, she gazed at the ripples on the water
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Zimbabwe Birthday
My 70th birthday gift from my daughter was a four-day guided tour of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
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Countdown by Jared Mende
“T-minus ten seconds.”
They say that, moments before you die, your life flashes before your eyes.
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Virus by Kerry Graham
He slid my just-fallen flip-flop back on my foot. I thought, “He treats me like a princess.”
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Mrs. Kedzierski didn’t dig kids by Mike Taylor
“What if she finds the body? Oh, man, we should never have buried it there!”
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