“O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her, Dash'd all to...

The cat tails loft upward, moving in the breeze. This a place of light, where we are made of light, where we float on water.

The sun has let go for the moon to begin surfacing, as the multitude of colours erupt in the sky, you curl your fingers and lace them in min

Melba held the moon in her hand, caressing it gently, opening and closing her palm around the silvery sheen. It often slipped in through...

-1- She is the oldest of seven children and the mother of one. She and her next sister were born in Pratt, Kansas. Her family moved to...

I didn’t mind being a mail-order bride. Even when I had to travel six years to meet Larry. Mr. Elon Musk himself put us in cold storage...

I’ve learned to resonate with the small and empty space between the brush strokes that comprise the wilting leaves shadowed beneath...

The poet left many papers, and his cousin, who appointed himself his literary executor, separated them into plastic boxes bought at a...

I. A three-year-old’s preamble: Let’s talk about ants. Ants can walk. Ants don’t have feet. Ants have feet...

Maranda is twenty-five years old, has purple hair, a nose ring, and big blue glasses. She’s a trained opera singer, having graduated from...

Willow Park was empty when she arrived. The thin strip of orange sunlight was melting at the bottom of deep blue. She stepped over an...

The summer that I was seventeen, I worked for my uncle and aunt at their rustic cabin resort in northern Minnesota. They gave me my own...

This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...

Phone calls to the kitchen during service were a nuisance, so I was gruff when I answered. I regret that now. “Kitchen. Chef.” “Raych,...

This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...

When you say it like that, you make it so believable, I say. I can still remember the scenery. The sky is blue, the sunlight passes...

This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...

On Aug. 8, 2011, the temperature in Dallas was expected to soar above 100 for the 37th day in a row. The big question was whether we...

Tides rise and walls fall A system built to keep muddy water from collapsing white walls Infrastructure made to keep fish in their barrel...

He did not expect the heartache of his life to lead to this bar and this barstool and this mermaid on Halloween. She pushed the green...