Category Archives: Past

Kristin E. Anderson Pareidolia The old taupe pathway branches off into the canary grasses – and fog. A silver wood pitch – the old barn roof – looms in the field. A person trap, or home for owls. There is … Continue reading →

Kristin Anderson At that age when we girls become fairies Fifteen is before the wings come—no, that’s wrong. At fifteen we’ve begun to feel the nubs of bone pushing at the muscle, the skin of our backs. These bones aren’t … Continue reading →

Alison McBain Undone Music fails when the window goes down— he’s coming up the steps and you can’t see his bitter youth, time machine to years ago. Over and over, I listened to you. Words unnecessary in the decades held … Continue reading →

Maura Lydon Smoke and Mirrors It is silent. But I can hear the ticking of the clock in front of me. Ancient thing. Who would want that awful sound circling their ears? It echoes, sickeningly, into the mirrored silence. The … Continue reading →

Yilin Wang Oblivion No need for painkillers: we have found a faster way to induce anesthesia. We build shrines to cyber gods in exchange for the power to keyboard our destiny. Copy clones in RPGs and chat rooms, press buttons … Continue reading →