Want – by Oskar Westin
What could become of us? A broken child and a 30-year-old father of two girls.
Read More Want – by Oskar WestinWhat could become of us? A broken child and a 30-year-old father of two girls.
Read More Want – by Oskar WestinI think maybe
I will–if only to play
at Mary Magdalene.
do you see yourself in the mirroror a different person entirely?do wide hips and a full chest look good to you on othersbut never on yourself?do you find yourself “accidentally”walking into the “wrong” bathroom?do you get strange looks when you name intereststhat are seen as “tomboyish?”do your eyes turn greenwhen you try to wear rose-tinted […]
Read More transgender- by CrowShe looks beyond the fire to the flat surface of the lake. There is little in the way of moon and stars tonight, but lights from the lodge on the opposite shore glimmer on the water’s skin. In her eyes, the dancing amber flames ripple.
Read More I Should Have Asked Sooner – by Gabby GilliamThese calloused fingers built the house
In which your ungrateful soul resides
These calloused fingers built the house
In which your ungrateful soul resides
It smells of old, forgotten things:
damp earth long buried, decanted
Read More Defective and Suspect- by Gerry Stefanson aka The WordbutcherIt smells of old, forgotten things:
damp earth long buried, decanted
Read More Oubliette – by Brett LeanneSo we kept change for lost off-chances,
over-the-counter jinx fixes for the chipped teeth of a heart
That bit more chunk than it could chew.
Read More THE LAST TIME MY HEART BROKE – By Mr Mbonisi Zikhali ZomkhontoMama pulls down the attic ladder.Smell of dust and moth balls.I tug on her apron strings. I want to play.Clothespins click and clack.Papa’s shirts float down—flat gullsthat crumple in her basket.Alone on a shelf, a vase,sea snakes frozen in its porcelain.Their skins gleam wet.Don’t touch that!It’s a wedding present from Yvonne.Mama tells me how they […]
Read More Nobody to Hold Her Back – by Atma Frans