I Didn’t Know

by Nicholas Adam Martin “Well, I guess I’ll never do that again.” When you get beat so bad that you do not sit on your behind for a week, that, very well, may be your exact thought.  Especially, if you are a mischievous eight year old boy with very lenient adult parental supervision.  I mean [...]

Art was a Big Part of the Experience

by Annette LaSelle Poring over the jobs posted on the bulletin board in the basement post office of the College of St. Catherine, we three girlfriends were intently narrowing our choices for this year’s lark, which was currently masquerading as a proper summer job. We spent some time with the finalists. The winner was declared [...]

Bluffing

by J. Blanco 1:24 a.m. at Ground Zero, NYC and I am thinking of your love, cold and accusatory. I can just see the remnants of your spirit now, standing hands on hips before me, them smoky brown (accusatory) eyes asking me, “how can any love be cold?” To which I reply telepathically, “I’m sorry, [...]

Risky Business

by Irene Schultz Is it Risky Business to assume that all my credit cards will be paid off by summer? Is it Risky Business to assume that with a new president he will change everything? One man cannot, and should not have to change 8 years of errors from someone else. Is it Risky Business [...]

unbridled

by Liana Mahoney poppy-red hair, glowing with defiance brighter than the sun unfettered curls, wisps dancing alone refusing to be smoothed into ballet braids tasting the rain, leaning into it as it drenches her in a wet lullaby

Wooden Coffins

by Alivian Muir Do you believe in a profitable exchange for both sides? Businessmen and their lawyers examine your skulls and demand the rights to drill into your consciousness, to extract the thick nectar of oblivion.

It Was Almost a Mix for Chloe

by B.W. Silver The risk of making a mix tape was that you could never guarantee what another person listening to it was going to hear. If you clearly heard “sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows” inevitably, the person you were playing it for was going to hear “you are a rain cloud and I hate you.” [...]

Hindsight

By Amber W. “Hey, I am having a party and there is this guy here who won’t shut up about you,” said my friend. “When I told him that you were my friend, he begged me to call and ask you over.” “Well, why wasn’t I invited to begin with?” I asked, teasingly, “And who [...]

Bad Company

by Teresa Tumminello Brader Dancing with Grant exhausted and exhilarated Mia’s body, allowing her to forget what was preying on her mind. She hadn’t wanted to come to this suburban disco when her work friends had first suggested it. The electronic music was too loud and the laser lights were too bright, but she needed [...]

Adam and Eve: The First Love Story?

by Scott A. Klepach, Jr. In the beginning, there was Adam and Eve, as we have been told. They are a couple that confuses and captivates us, delights us and deprives us. Packed into just the first several chapters of Genesis, Adam and Eve nonetheless are situated as the first human characters of the world, [...]