by Maria Griffin Note: Text in italics are quotes from Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane. The title of this piece was inspired by “A Journey Round My Room” by Xavier de Maistre (1794). A mild autumn morning. Light breezes caress the trees, then fall still. Bright sunlight glints off deep green …
by Lassiter Waith There were three billies born in the barn, all still and limp as their mother tried to lick her slick from their fur. Tula stood at the open door and watched as her father slowly took them away while distracting the mother with food. “Here, here…” he mumbled in his soft voice, …
by Kris Haines-Sharp I found the bones on a run. The geometry of their artful layout led me to stop and cross the street and stand before them, the scaffolding of what would one day become a home. The early dawn light lent a whisper of intrigue to the bulldozed plot. Mud and rock erupted …