The consultant had us draw a timeline leading up to the present. People stood and shared project milestones, corporate announcements, promotions. I only saw doctors’ appointments, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, rinse, repeat. Those tick marks charted her illness and death. And he wondered why I didn’t go up to the front. Norma Gardner retired from the […]
The plant by the window grew arms to grab him. He kept watering it until it held him because he had told his girl not to come over ever again. One day, fully encased, he texted her to come over, said he needed help. You said never again, she wrote. Emily Dressler lives in Northeast […]
When the aliens arrived they made their objective clear – to help us tidy up. Now, every day, every house and office leaves one thing out for collection. Neatness and order finally restored – blissful decluttering on a global scale. Except that one nagging doubt: what are they doing with it all? William Mitchell lives […]
An 80 year old retired oncologist has a fall, sustaining two fractures and a brain bleed. My three year old routinely gallops across our living room and only sometimes slips, swiftly rising to smile sweetly and say “I’m fine.” What is life, other than the distance between these two falls. Naazia Azhar is a physician, […]
On the way home from hospital, Erica stops off to buy a treat for her terminally ill daughter Amelia – and everything changes. Image generated with OpenAI The blinking, neon lights of the Gravity Café startled Erica out of her trance and drew her in like a magnet. She pulled her car into the driveway […]
Seeds fill the sky then rain upon the earth. Wherever they land—water, soil, brick, or concrete—the seeds attach and grow. And grow. Connecting, they draw energy from anything within reach. Anything. Satiated, as one they pulsate, causing nascent seedlings to explode skyward, continuing their endless journey of renewal. Tery has been an actor, director and […]
Screeching. Breaths held. Brace for impact. Hands grip wheel. Memories flicker to their two children. Of Lance’s party planned for next week. He prays to a God he doesn’t believe in. “Please let us be there for our son’s birthday.” The deer stands, oblivious to its impact on four lives. Danielle Sutherby is an emerging […]
Ex-alcoholic Faye has a contented but directionless life with her third husband Owen, until he starts having troubling “incidents”. Image generated with OpenAI Faye had no plan. She had never intended to have a plan. The universe aligned his illness to define the path she found herself following, each footstep planted more firmly than the […]
You helped me shake poppy seeds out of their brittle pods. You rode the pumpkin. You kept your arms outstretched long after the hula hoop settled to the ground. You looked up at the stars, in your ultrasound, and saw all of the things in the universe that needed rearranging. JK Miller is a poet […]
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