Miss Ellie never met a bowl of red beans or a skillet of cornbread she didn’t love; neither did her beagle, Penny.
A Beagle on My Knee by Jenny Clover
Category: Memoir
Our archive of past pieces that are part of a larger work of creative nonfiction. Note that as of 2021 we no longer categorize pieces as “memoir.” We use only “essay” and flash” now. We kept this in our menu for historical purposes.
My Mother’s Ghost by Joanne Lozar Glenn
In the year following my mother’s passing, it felt as if her ghost draped afterimages heavy as a shearling coat over me. My body took on her limitations. I developed sciatica.
Blue is the Color of Hope by Lynn Hall
An acquaintance once commented on my fanatically active lifestyle that I must be running from something. I am. My pain.
Forgetting Fire by Maureen Hirthler
Heart pounding, I curled into a ball and let my arms absorb the blows aimed at my face until a security guard forced his way to me and dragged me out of the melee.
Twice upon a Trip by Judy Whitehill Witt
“1831! Who wrote this, Aunt Ree? Where did you get it?” — “Nobody knows who wrote it. I rescued it during your grandmother’s attic clean-out…
A Gun Story by A. A. Weiss
The jolt of cold left me and sleepiness returned… In the corner of the room one of the eighth graders, Vladimir, was threatening to spray a girl with a black water pistol.
Nana’s Guide to Illusion by JT Torres
My father had recently bought a satellite dish for this very reason. Hundreds of channels provided me with a spectral reality that would circumvent my curiosity for real reality.
Is This a Date? by Huda Al-Marashi
Dr. Farber bounced a black, leather whip in her palm when she said the ladies in our classroom would find Taoist sexual philosophy especially interesting.
Dear Peaches by Robin Gilbert Luftig
The Gun Room was strictly off limits. Perhaps that’s why I was so drawn to it.
Blessed Are the Snow Gods by Krystal Skwar
Creaking and cranking, the garage raised and there it was: the snowy road, my journey, laid out before me.
