Damages Susan Tepper __________ It is said in the hills peasant women go bare shouldered. On the deserted road I go bare headed in summer. Who is there to see me. Who will notice my lack of propriety. Mock me. Reaching to touch my hair. Tearing me off my horse. Pushing me to the ground. A…
Read MoreThe Headdress Shanti Weiland __________ If it were a gift, the girl could not recall the giver, but it did belong to her. In the mornings, she placed it on her small head and the silver disks lightly clinked like coins. When she wore the headdress, everyone wanted to help…
Read MorePierced Margo Williams __________ Tish missed Caitlin. Mostly she missed who she was when she used to play with Caitlin. Laughing, running, swimming and sharing secrets. Two years had quickly passed, and Tish lost all that stringiness, looking more and more like her mother, soft curves, wavy auburn hair, sad…
Read MoreAiman Tariq is currently an MA/MFA candidate at McNeese State University. She hails from Peshawar, Pakistan and loves and misses her family spread across two continents. She is particularly interested in writing supernatural romance and likes to read about superstitions and world mysteries that help shape the world of her…
Read MoreAn Ekphrastic Fable about Construction Workers’ Breakless 8 Hour Effort to Remove a Racist Owner For Alaina Getzenberg, Charlotte Observer Reporter Alex Wells Shapiro __________ Strapped under the pits, bronzed Jerry Richardson flies away, sloppily offering a football by the nose to passerbys pausing at the spectacle like Jesus’s limp…
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