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Category Archives: Past
Daft Old Man
“Daft Old Man” by Pam L. Wallace The old man smelled of honeysuckle and ancient woodlands, and spoke in a querulous singsong. “Chime-child, eh?” He pinned Collum with his rheumy eyes. Collum shrank from crooked fingers grabbing for his homespun … Continue reading
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Remember
“Remember” by Leah Rhyne The phone call came at work. She answered it, though the number was unfamiliar. “Sunny?” The voice was also unfamiliar. Masculine. “Yes. Can I help you?” “I’m calling from the Clinic. She’s gone. We lost our … Continue reading
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Child of Moon and Sea
“Child of Moon and Sea” by Sherri Cook Woosley We never go swimming alone. Water swirled around Elsa Dalhquist’s ankle and fed back into the next wavelet. It was hard to think, easier to feel. Her silken chemise nightgown … Continue reading
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With a Paper Heart
“With A Paper Hear” by Thomas K. Carpenter Standing on his balcony over the Shear, Aegasu Feywel watches the clouds roll against the cliff far below him. He stares hungrily at the weather formations like a child with an empty … Continue reading
Everything Old Becomes New
Jane Yolen Everything Old Becomes New Everything old becomes new before it dies. Chrysalis, a moment before the butterfly stretches those limp and limpid wings, exchanges breath with its quaking prisoner. The egg about to crack apart openly remembers the … Continue reading
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1Q2014 Book Reviews
Old Souls and the Grammar of Their Wanderings by Berrien C. Henderson (Papaveria Press) I’ve been waiting to read this retelling of Arthurian Legends, Old South style. Henderson needn’t have worried; it is not the love child of Jeff Foxworthy … Continue reading
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At Emily Dickinson’s House, 2003
Austin Wallace At Emily Dickinson’s House, 2003 Just down the street she hid—and wrote— Transcribing fevered Dreams— One syllable—then two—became The turbulence of Storms I find her house marked on the map— From here—five minutes south— Outside a … Continue reading
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Principles of Entropy
Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg Principles of Entropy I press your ear against the Egyptian cotton sheet you will hear the universe gravitating towards expansion each of the thousand threads straining against this forced dissipation let your head lay across your lover’s … Continue reading
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Daughters of Melisseus
Valya Dudycz Lupescu Daughters of Melisseus Much is expected of the daughters of a Titan. He shatters silence with a fist dripping honey. The beating goes unheard beneath the buzz and whir of wings. We dream of running away, of cheating … Continue reading
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Metal Lark
Chloe N. Clark Metal Lark Let the birds scatter themselves, wings clicking like beads strung loose upon a thread, and realize that there are still some colors we cannot make from jars. If feathers can scratch, sculpted fine from … Continue reading