Cool Water, or Crystallized Ice Fractals in Flight

Written by Stephen Schelling   My name is Handa, and I was born with a gift. I didn’t know it at first. I thought I was the same as everyone … Read More

Poems of Shahed Kayes

New Reality Being Formed My thoughts are birds of time My heart is overwhelmed exploring the flow of time It no more runs after fen-fire birds Life is a living … Read More

The Technology Collection

Written by David Shaffer   ALTERNATE REALITY The world around me keeps swirling twirling turning churning While I stand still motionless inert ineffectual in my inconsequential existence. VIRTUAL REALITY Ah! … Read More

i sit with glasses

It’s a wretched thing that I need glasses. Smugly, each is perched or nestled with me, I am made a pack mule and a yoked beast. They are different though, … Read More

Every Book Is Romantic

Written by David Joël La Boon I make a point to walk into every bookstore I see or to take the long way through town giving me reason to see … Read More

Desert Keep

Written by Ashley Johnson Who now keeps the desert We held in our upturned palms – A cradled, sun-fallen mirage flung far against the sanded hearts of mountains? Who now … Read More

Mary Christmas

Written by Stephen Schelling “Daddy, why is my name ‘Mary’?” six-year-old Mary asked her father, Christopher. They were sitting on a sofa together, Mary resting in her father’s warm arms, … Read More

Boy, You’re Going to Carry That Weight a Long Time

Written by Stephen Schelling   The young man fidgeted outside the conference room door. He adjusted his poorly knotted tie and tried to smooth his wrinkled suit. He took a … Read More