At first light there is a world in my ribcage. I fasten it shut with a clink and throw away the key. I’ll use it another time, I say to myself. I ponder vibrations as I wash the coffee pot. I do this every day. I used to do it the night before. But thatContinueContinue reading “The World I Will Not Taste by Cheryl Pappas”
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The Mother of All Fears by Donna Cameron
It’s been twenty-five years since my mother’s death, but I still hear her voice— occasionally, faintly—warning me to proceed with caution, go slow, avoid risk. It’s a voice that accompanied me through much of my childhood and into my late teens. The world, she warned me, was not a safe place. There were dangers lurkingContinueContinue reading “The Mother of All Fears by Donna Cameron”
What I Want to Tell My Niece About Makeup by Cathy Alter
She sits on a tufted swivel chair and regards herself in the lighted vanity mirror, her face softened by the low wattage bulbs. She rotates slightly into profile and pokes her index finger around the contours of her eye socket, raising her brows in surprise or furrowing them in mock distress. She moves along theContinueContinue reading “What I Want to Tell My Niece About Makeup by Cathy Alter”
My Girl by Sheree Stewart Combs
As the sun burns down and shadows blur my vision, I catch a movement out of the corner of my eye. She does not visit as often as she once did. She followed us out here from the house in town on Echo Drive. She traced our tire tracks to the new place, listening forContinueContinue reading “My Girl by Sheree Stewart Combs”
God Hates Me by Isaiah Duey
I end the Viber call after my psychiatrist diagnoses me with anxiety disorder, before hopping inside the shower, where I let the water drain everything that’s left of me. Just outside the bathroom are voices, my siblings’ shrill reverberating despite pitter-patter of water on my feet, my cousins banging on the door telling me toContinueContinue reading “God Hates Me by Isaiah Duey”
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