Fall 2022

OUR Works

Carole Greenfield

Epiphany

By Carole Greenfield / Poetry / And what did they come bringing you this year? And what would you have wished for, had you even been...

Michael DuBon

Savor

By Michael DuBon / Nonfiction / My cousin Bianca and I stood in front of Chelle, my twelve-year-old sister, hoping she could entertain us...

Emily Ahmed

Bushra

By Emily Ahmed / Poetry / Your daddy’s going to hell for not fasting, she hisses, the inference is, so am I. I, in conversation with my...

Barbara Hughes

Echoes from a Bluff

By Barbara Hughes / Nonfiction / Staring at the tiny log cabin in front of me reminds me of a box sent from a loved one, something...

Halsey Hyer

Please Share This.

By Halsey Hyer / Poetry / Due to the abuse I've endured from [redacted] over the past two years I won’t be the same again. Please share...

S. P. Venkat

What Happens When They Leave

By S. P. Venkat / Fiction / On the day of my wedding, I realized I didn't recognize my husband-to-be. He looked like a lazily picked...

Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka

Little Machines

By Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka / Fiction / You are on the couch sketching the Christmas tree when you hear the growl of your brother’s Ford...

Ace Boggess

The Door and I

By Ace Boggess / Poetry / I unlock the door. I open the door. I step through space where the door existed. I close the door behind me....

Ivy Raff

North Coast Vista

Sans Souci, Trinidad By Ivy Raff / Poetry / Terrible as she is turquoise, the sea chops, roars, wakes shock of forest-clothed hills,...

Jeanne Althouse

Miles to Go

By Jeanne Althouse / Nonfiction / Once I read a book. It was Christmas Eve and Billie could not sleep. I found him sobbing in the hallway...