Trish Bennett Exams I’m an exhibit, pinned, at the far wall of a draughty gym. The floor’s lined out for balls. The double doors of escape lie hours away. With the last person in, they clap, and the silent prayers begin. Continue Reading
by David Frankel As the First World War passes out of living memory, its centenary gives us the opportunity to commemorate the loss of life, but also to examine what we commemorate, and how we choose to do it. TheContinue Reading
If I’m gonna be alone, then let it be with you. That is how I will probably forever feel about him. He left me. He still kills me over and over again. He takes my heart, and he rips it out, he tearsContinue Reading
Paul Brookes SEVEN POEMS My Scarylife Scaryborn to this world this scaryearth I scarylearned in school, met a lass who said she was scaryready to be scarywed, so we scarymarried after three months of scarycourting She scarybore our first kid afterContinue Reading
Cindy Letic I lie. A lot. And I mean, like, a LOT! To whom? No, it’s not an endless list (don’t search your name, this isn’t a confession.) Most people I encounter, will not fall prey to my dishonesty. Most people getContinue Reading
Shawn Keller In the place they called Augusta General in 1973, birth defects had to be profound to be noticed: Humpbacked Mongoloids, Thalidomide Flipper Men . . . But I, slipped by quietly ginger, with my soul born on theContinue Reading