Ranjit Kulkarni, who has shared his work in our journal throughout 2021, has two new story collections, Tough Love and Other Stories and Mind Games and Other Stories, published by Athena Creations in November and December of 2021. Details about these collections are below: Tough Love and Other Stories contains fourteen stories about people who … Continue reading Ranjit Kulkarni’s Two New Story Collections Out Now
Marianne Brems’ New Chapbook Out Now
Marianne Brems, who shared her work in our journal throughout 2019 and 2020, has a new chapbook Unsung Offerings that was published by Finishing Line Press in September 2021. Some of the poems in the chapbook include pieces published in this journal including “Seven Seconds” (October 30, 2019), “A Treelike Shape” (January 2019), and “Their … Continue reading Marianne Brems’ New Chapbook Out Now
More Than a Beer
By Omoruyi Uwuigiaren On a wet Sunday morning, I strolled by a church. Service was in full swing and it was a full house. There was hardly any space left for anyone to sit. It’s the culture in this part of the world for church service to be packed with humans seeking the face of … Continue reading More Than a Beer
Everlasting Love
By Karl Majerus The summer sun shone like copper on the ocean as it began its descent in the distance. Heedless to the beautiful scene around them, the couple strode shoeless, hand in hand through the waves. Their eyes focused only on each other. As they strolled along, almost in the same footprints, they shared giggles and … Continue reading Everlasting Love
Your Calling and Not So Soon
By Dorah Achieng Your Calling That furnace That burning fire inside of you That inner passion That calling That is burning fiercely inside of you Hold dearly onto it Do not let it go It is your calling Your savior Your true unique identity. It will make you stand out It will distinguish you It … Continue reading Your Calling and Not So Soon
Thinking of Dad: Hank Williams, Patti Page, Roland, and Me
By Leslie Knibbs My first memory, he's standing at a jukebox in his restaurant in Echo Bay. It's the fifties. Roland's two-tone '57 Lucerne is parked in its usual spot parallel with the building safely out of harm’s way at the end of a long line of customers' cars, pick-up trucks, two Indian motorcycles, and Hog Hurley's … Continue reading Thinking of Dad: Hank Williams, Patti Page, Roland, and Me
Signs of the Catcher
By Nick Sweeney It was a re-read of J D Salinger’s milestone classic novel The Catcher in the Rye that reminded me that I was a phony. I read it at sixteen, of course, like all wannabe literate boys, and it revealed to me back then that the world was a phony place full of … Continue reading Signs of the Catcher
Deadline!
By Nathan Gromotowicz Isaac sits at his desk gazing upon a typewriter. The paper resting on the paper rest is a blank, it has been thus for the last week. And his cogitations are equally as destitute of words. His deadline is in two days. The employers who hired him are strangers to Isaac. They … Continue reading Deadline!
Nowhere to Hide
By Omoruyi Uwuigiaren I went into the printing press and I have to tell you that it was the best press I have ever seen in my life. It was beautiful. There were customers. There was help on the floor. One of the staff approached me. He greeted, “Good evening sir.” Smile paraded his face. … Continue reading Nowhere to Hide
Ripples
By Miss Kay Master of arts. His art. Holding no brush, painting the most beautiful pictures. Sights, scents and sounds come alive with his words. Pictures in the books we read are motion pictures. Each weaved together. Turned pages, turned a story. Mr Adera. His sleeves always turned up. When he laughed, his belly danced … Continue reading Ripples
Academy of the Heart And Mind 