Writing Gallery
Railway Empire
/‘Shorty’ Jim McGinty traded his .577 caliber rifle for a sledgehammer as the reunited states of America followed the massive destruction of the Civil War with the massive construction of a coast-to-coast transportation system powered by steam…
By CraigE
Read MoreThe Lesson from a Heatwave
/When we're young, we dismiss…
————
In high school, the four of us were indestructible.
We could build forts in freezing weather.
In the pouring rain, we’d fish for …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreThe Drums Are Awake
/“The drums are now awake
I’m forced to pause eating and listen
Inspiration has hit the rhythm
Fire will talk to our …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreDismal, New Mexico
/On a July 7th,1867, afternoon in New Mexico territory, fighting a dry sandpaper wind and with old sol blistering down hot enough to make a lizard sweat, prospector D. B. Adams wiped his furrowed forehead with a handkerchief …
By CraigE
Read MoreIn the Heart of It
/A midday text woke up Malita. She turned in bed, and squinted at the screen on the bedside table. It read, ‘Are you up, yet? Did I just wake you up?’ She frowned …
By Mehreen Ahmed
Read MoreTruth is Cringe
/I’m not half as bad
as Quinn tells her friends.
Phone to her ear,
she spills us…
By Andy Cooper
Read More