Judy takes comfort in the feathers her dead husband leaves for her to find.
Comfort by Sarah Barnett
Category: Creative Nonfiction
Patience by Rich Furman
My lover is from Ulleungdo, Korea, an isolated island of craggy rocks and squid fisherman and a population of just over ten thousand people.
The Body by Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
The interior of the sanctuary is dark as I stand in my pew, head bowed. Plates of wafers and thimble-sized cups of grape juice pass between the rows.
Citrus Trees by Lucinda Cummings
A gray April morning, it snowed again yesterday, as it has every Thursday for the past four weeks.
Double Consciousness by Herb Harris
23andMe reports that 70% of my genome is of European origin, and 30% is of African origin.
Submerged by Elaine van der Geld
Four years after boys from my class held me underwater and wormed their fingers inside my swimsuit…
Forever by Harmony Hazard
The baby shower is swarming with children. I am one of only two women here without babies.
The Tan Place by L. Jackson
I wonder why anyone would choose stomach-acid yellow paint for an ER, as if bile were a calming hue.
How Was Your Trip? by Rachel Rueckert
This time, I want to say I missed my flight and got locked out of the sketchy hostel in Bogotá…
Potato by Patrick McNeil
Once our father finally came out, six years after the divorce and fifty-something years old, she was anxious to rebuild a life for herself…
