By Michael Thomson If I were a cat I’d have only have three lives remaining. Of the six times in which my life could have ended, two were close calls in an automobile, three when I nearly drowned, and one in which I actually cheated death. The first five were just close calls. For the [...]

By Jennifer Anthony It’s easy to be fooled by his seeming grandeur, his flowing black robes and that scythe, long as a shepherd’s staff but sharp and designed to herd on the vertical, not the horizontal. In his pictures, he appears somber, morose, silent. Just out to do his job and step quietly out of [...]

By Megan Kautz Mechanical hums filled the room. As did the feeling of solitude, if only for now, was welcomed. Being a young girl of only twenty-two, she still felt a distinct maturity, that would only be brought on with life experiences those twice her age would only dream to have encountered. Quiet night, aside [...]

By Pamela Patinkin I often think that I’m a magnet for bad luck. I have the unique ability of always having the train doors close right in my face. Someone always takes the morning paper just as I reach the newspaper box. I’m never quick enough to get the coveted parking space on my block. [...]

By Shannon McIntyre Sunshine poured in through the blinds casting dusty rays through the air. I’ll never forget how those stripes met the curves of your body; squiggling through the crevices and lying over the planes of your flesh. You’d gaze towards me so effortlessly, sparkling with the complexity of stained glass. I’d nestle into [...]

By Sysiphus For you Godfather fans out there, you all know what Concrete Shoes are about.

By Nathan D. Williams He was the audio visual boy, that’s what they called him. He was the one who would come to the class room and set up the projector, something we discovered that couldn’t be done by all teachers. This gave the audio visual boy an opportunity to see the entire catalog of [...]