By George Keye Prologue Meet our personified friends: Leticia Callaghan, Sean Holtz and Cuco. Leticia Callaghan is a self-contained organism. All the tissues and organs and cells from which the past human body has been composed are self-generated as well as self-adapted and they are considered essential to any environment include the most dare … Continue reading The Burrow
Heaven’s Window
By George Keyes A MORNING’S HAND Afaaf opened her eyes. It was morning, or was it really the middle of the evening? As she wondered, she turned on the wooden bed, not yet fully awake, a hundred of birds playing in the backward, and those earthly sounds from the ravine reached her as if they … Continue reading Heaven’s Window
Uriel Fox and the Doomsday Prophesy
By John F. Zurn Uriel Fox often wandered through any number of forests between his visits to civilization. An expert explorer, he might spend several weeks in areas near the highway before returning to the open road. He almost never lost his way or encountered any situation he couldn’t manage. However, once in the middle … Continue reading Uriel Fox and the Doomsday Prophesy
Ms. Violet
By Danae Younge We ran through the dark, the bottoms of our shoes sinking into the sand with every step. Terry was too excited to allow that to slow her down, though, she raced towards the moving beam of light which rotated steadily from the lighthouse like a planet on orbit, illuminating little slivers of … Continue reading Ms. Violet
Loss Through Acquisition
By Russ Bickerstaff She was trying to look like an insomniac, but she wasn’t doing a terribly good of it. The overall feeling of life beyond the veil of sleep was lost to her, which would have been fine if it weren’t for the fact that it was her job to look convincingly tired. It … Continue reading Loss Through Acquisition
Soap Bubbles
By Michal Reiben Clouds drift on a gentle breeze in an Iris blue sky. Tree’s branches sway in the warm light wind and birds in the trees chatter. An old hag wearing a moth-eaten dress with a face like crumpled paper is sitting on a bench by the side of a playground. She’s enjoying the … Continue reading Soap Bubbles
Pratt Street, Baltimore: A Nonfiction Story
By George Keyes There are several famous courses and stores along Pratt Street that seems to carry a common railroad myth to the Western Hemisphere. There is the link to the historical traffic at the Mount Clare Station near of Pratt and Poppleton Streets that was the first full-fledged railroad depot in the entire country … Continue reading Pratt Street, Baltimore: A Nonfiction Story
The Trench Coat
By Nancy Lou Henderson Hanging on a new hook now, but what the existence I have had. My first owner was a man. After purchasing me, for some reason, the man took me to a tailor then instructed the tailor to add a secret pocket in my lining. At different times, strange items hid in … Continue reading The Trench Coat
Moonlight Over the Coconut Field
By George Keyes A PIECE OF LIFE It doesn’t matter how many times I come to Washington, District of Columbia, there’s always a thrill. Its old splendidly designed wide avenues lined with high-reaching trees and exquisite modernized buildings make it the most astonished city in the world. One observer can never forget the superb dome … Continue reading Moonlight Over the Coconut Field
The Dress
By Dawn DeBraal Lana called dibs on the front seat. Her little sister, Abby, pouted and crawled into the back. As they were driving, Abby hummed some silly children's song from a cartoon she watched that morning. As she sang, she kicked the back of the seat. Floor to the back of the seat, down … Continue reading The Dress
Academy of the Heart And Mind 