“Ten Simple Steps to a Playground Lobotomy” by Susan Buttenwieser
1. Enter filled-to-capacity, shade-deprived, concrete recreational area…
Category: Original Fiction
“The Fair Land” by Séamus Scanlon
Near dawn I wake. / The pale blue light cascades over me. / It drills and spills down through me…
“Triple Threat” by David Strickler
A bar of sunlight woke me up this morning and I told my husband that I wanted to watch one of those twenty-four-hour news channels.
“Acrobat Class” by Tamar Jacobs
Say you signed up for an acrobat class for your six-year-old…
“Breaking2: Technology and the African” by Amy Abugo Ongiri and Jason Brozek
The blockbuster success of Black Panther at least partly revolved around its fantastical representation of its imaginary kingdom of Wakanda as the most technologically advanced society in the world.
“Cross Training” by Michael Loniewski
My elementary school invited me in for an assembly before I was set to leave. Kids made banners and gave me good luck cards.
“The Silk-Cotton Tree” by Jean Wolfersteig
As usual, Deadman has left me a car at the airport, and, for the first time since Irma hit, I bump along the rutted streets of Road Town.
“Notes of an Undead Son” by John Vercher
I am the enemy of those of blood and breath.