Author: David Henson A gust of wind found us while we were walking in the park. She opened her arms, skipped backwards, pretending to be a kite. Like you used to do. Before you got sick. Before you helped them create her, your dying gift to me. We came upon the spot where you and […]

Author: Jae Miles, Staff Writer How did everyone miss a cabin in this Protected Nature Zone for so long? The windows are covered in ivy and the veranda is thick with brambles. “Hya! Hya! Bellit, come now! We must away!” The shouted sentence comes from a woman standing in the doorway, like a beacon of creamy […]

Author: Alex Z. Salinas “I got to know some people.” Something nobody says anymore. So when a guy behind me at the café whispered that in my ear, I turned around and shushed him. Put my hand over his mouth. I told him we could get killed if somebody heard that. Nobody says anything anymore. […]

Author: Kemal Onor Captain Dean returned home late. The welcome party had already made coffee and spilled through the halls and rooms to talk in bursts of stories. There was the initial buzz of salutations and welcoming home. Cups were raised and health was toasted. The captain did not slow his long-legged gate and went […]

Author: Steve Smith, Staff Writer Max had started the day with anti-anxiety medication, some painkillers, and a mild sedative. He was so relaxed that the nurse had to practically pour him into a wheelchair to get him down to the transfer station for the procedure. “Morning Maxwell”, one of the gowned and masked personnel in […]