Prose & Poetry

Golden Delicious Apple Tree

You think my parts are superfluous: you want only what you want—nothing more. First the pruning […]

You think my parts are superfluous: you want only what you want—nothing more. First the pruning

Born at the base of the Adobes where salt-encrusted mesas rise at discouragingly steep pitches. Stunted

Born at the base of the Adobes where salt-encrusted mesas rise at discouragingly steep pitches. Stunted

By Shadow Leighton / January 20, 2023

I had always warned you of this rule as a child: to never go to the

I had always warned you of this rule as a child: to never go to the

By Kenyan Burnham / January 19, 2023

“What do you think of these ones?” I pulled three short-sleeve button-ups from the shopping cart

“What do you think of these ones?” I pulled three short-sleeve button-ups from the shopping cart

By Doug Brown / January 17, 2023

In third grade, I had a woman named Miss Fulton. She had been Miss Fulton the

In third grade, I had a woman named Miss Fulton. She had been Miss Fulton the

By John Peter Beck / January 16, 2023

The Arms Dealer Guns do not kill people. People kill people. I only sell guns. I

The Arms Dealer Guns do not kill people. People kill people. I only sell guns. I

By John Coggin / January 13, 2023

Only a fool would seek his likeness in history. Seek not this clown in Machiavelli’s folios—this

Only a fool would seek his likeness in history. Seek not this clown in Machiavelli’s folios—this

By Alder Sigal / January 12, 2023

I wake up on our wedding day to a scream (from the ones I had buried

I wake up on our wedding day to a scream (from the ones I had buried

Lost In The Quantum Depths Of Night I am in the now centered no longer entangled

Lost In The Quantum Depths Of Night I am in the now centered no longer entangled