Writing Gallery
Slay It Forward
/Many rural high schoolers are dying to move away after…
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…acks a bridge, and holds very little land. There’s no town square, no village hall with signs and lights that say hey-we’re-an-inviting-town-downright-bursting-with-tourism-potential. Yet, very few young people want to leave. College plans are cancelled. Instead graduates favor quick marriages, and children. Lots of lots of…
By Steven Roisum
Read MoreA Mother From a Retirement Home
/It is a plea for a transformation in the present condition many mothers are facing at retirement homes…
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…day you came in
The world my dear
The Heavens…
By Dipesh Kumar Bhagat
Read MoreThe Apartment
/A young man looks for an apartment
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…I found myself having to look for an apartment. I just graduated from college and living with my parents has been okay but leaves a lot to be desired. It's cryptic for sex life. There is nothing…
By Donte-highwater
Read MoreHermitically Sealed
/…greets the morning
Motes of dust settling in shafts of sunlight
Streaming through the…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreMuseum Piece
/Inspired by a small, roped-off and protected stand of sea oats
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…the tides the sea oats stand,
frail fossils of a quiet day.
In guarded dunes and evening…
By Jonathan Dyer
Read MoreToads on Lily Pads
/…used to be a green pond once next to our house. This house had a red tiled roof and picture windows. It was situated on a hill known as the Dev Pahar in Chittagong. Through those picture windows, I could see the pond down by the valley. The pond was not too far. From the hilltop, it looked mostly surrounded by heavy moss growing on tall trees and bamboo…
By Mehreen Ahmed
Read MoreTrends
/…world has shifted from too much vibration to no vibration at all. Things have certainly changed in the course of the past few months. Most probably the biggest pandemic of our lifetime has bounded us both physically and socially. Scientific breakthroughs that are somewhat hard to believe are…
By Nikhil Subedi
Read MoreFlorsheim On My Mind
/…kind of Psychological diagnosis is that for a Psychologist to lay on a client? It's not like I don't have enough shit to deal with. Now I'll have this to think about and haunt me.
"You don't use drugs to kill the pain Santiago you use drugs to feel the…
By Judge Burdon
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