A Room in the World/Fiction

A Room in the World/Fiction

Photo: John Towner/Unsplash *** A Room in the World   by Brian Kasymaliev-Kelly (ft Humphrey Bogart as Raskolnikov)                                                   The living room separated from the kitchen with a formless tabletop with long knife cuts across...

The Reunion/Marlene Olin

*** The Reunion   By Marlene Olin Contributor After his wife died, it took Calvin six months to learn how to pay the bills, use the microwave, and launder his underwear. It took another six months to empty the closets and give away her clothes.  Though time...

Rustin Larson/Poetry

Me, Being Rude A woman knocks, asks what I think the purpose of life is. Possible answers: 1) No. No, thank you. 2) The purpose of life is to not be asked such questions. 3) There is no purpose. Life just is. If the rose-petal goddess likes me, that’s a good thing....

The Music of the Aztecs/Book Review

The Music of the Aztecs Poets of the DC Magic Theater Poetry Club: Reid Baron, Alan Britt, David Churchill,  Annie Finch, Ethen Goffman, John MacDonald, Jan Claire Starkey, and Marianne Szlyk Edited by David B. Churchill 2019, 115 pages Pony One Dog Press by Bill...

Bruce McRae/Poetry

In The Beginning Was Their End The prophecy suggests the same old sun in the same old story. That the sky will brighten come morning. The prophecy tells us, without a doubt, an infant shall be led by death. It’s written in your book of the stars. It’s written in...