Category Archives: 2013-edition
The Purpose of an Author in Society
By Nicholas Vergara Eden is very gray in a way that stays the mind into such a fervor it stumbles into abysmal thoughts; no, no coherence, just what one might opine is emotion or some other internal manifestation of the … Continue reading
6 Art
By Daniel W. Rasmus Place du 18 Juin 1940 Even rap here explosively neon but not rapidly becoming indigenous. The deep roar of motorcycles going too fast on one-way streets temporarily stalls the all night rapid conversation designed expressly for … Continue reading
You Are Here
By Susan Gillan Lost in the shopping mall I stand at the color-coded map and discover Bellevue Square is not square at all. Liars. It’s a layer-cake rectangle. You Are Here, it says but how do They know And will … Continue reading
What Remains
By Kathleen A. Magner Hillrise Cemetery’s stone turrets sprouted alongside the needle-straight road extending before me, severing the crisp sidewalk and line of idyllic storefronts shaded by lush maples. The trees were more robust than I remembered and although a … Continue reading
Holly, 1988
By Mike Beasley Sprigs lush with dark green leaves and red berries, Suspended above her; The twisted leaves, concavities kissing up To a thousand pain-points of ecstasy, Dare to be touched, fondled, grasped firmly In the anguish of palms punctured … Continue reading
Right Now
https://soundcloud.com/max-wang-music/right-now Written and Performed by Max Wang
Strawberry Cake for Breakfast
By Erin L.C. Lowe I awoke to the sound of steady, high-pitched beeps coming from a heart monitor. The sounds chirped in unison to the rhythm of a dripping IV, both of which are attached to my left arm. Beads … Continue reading