The Ruined, Blessed Stairs/Donna Vitucci, Creative Nonfiction

  The Ruined, Blessed Stairs   by Donna D. Vitucci We of course desire their kisses, we cry out for them in dreams, try to grab up the mists before they fade. Sheet hems and ant trails in the dirt, the invisible carving the landscape. We nod where they...

Carol Smallwood: Interviewing the Interviewer

  Interviewing the Interviewer An e-talk with Carol Smallwood   by Mike Foldes Managing Editor Mike Foldes: Carol, please tell us a bit about your background and how you came to writing.  Carol Smallwood: My first book came from teachers asking where to get...
Pyro: A memoir of California/Creative Nonfiction

Pyro: A memoir of California/Creative Nonfiction

Photo by Andy Watkins on Unsplash *** Pyro: a memoir of California   by Gregory Von Dare My workday day began at 6:00 a.m. After the clock-in, my first task was to open a six-foot tall safe. That hulk was painted fire-engine red, and its walls were three-inches thick...
Susan Hodara/Creative Nonfiction

Susan Hodara/Creative Nonfiction

Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash ***  Buck   by Susan Hodara Contributing  Writer   Antlers curving upward. Grayish fur that looks mangy; oily; not soft to touch. Eyes round as targets.  Or would that be the singular ‘eye’?  Because the buck is in profile, mid-air,...
Entwined/Creative Nonfiction

Entwined/Creative Nonfiction

Photo by Barry McGee on Unsplash *** Entwined   by Lisa Werhan Sunglasses hid his eyes, and he pointed a stubby finger at the shaded crops draped in raggedy, sun-bleached nets. “What’s growing under there?” His voice was thin and flat. “Tobacco,” I replied. Duh....