What is Poetry? – By Colin Ian Jeffery
I believe poetry is the highest of mankind’s literary achievements, timeless, appealing down the ages, revealing imagery of the poet’s struggles and experiences, stresses...
The Personality of Phantasy – By Kenny Chumbley
My qualifications for writing about fantasy literature/fairy tales are slight. As a child, I wore out the Whitman...
The Eight Memes of the Postmodern Mystery – By Ted Gioia
What do postmodern writers have against the mystery novel? For reasons that perhaps only a Lacan or Derrida could deconstruct, they have turned to it again...
Your Hands – By Kunal Mehra
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..story about my mother’s hands and all they’ve borne witness to, and how our hands can store memories and be the reservoir of our...
Literature as Seduction – By Richard Krause
It was her idea. How can she improve her English? she nuzzled up close to him after one of the last classes.
“Stories, that's what...
Three Short Texts – By George Angel
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The sediment that had always sunk rushing to show itself again would no longer gather. Your very warmth the only reason to continue...
Grandeur – By George Angel
I have lost my dignity.
Though my wife mourns it daily, is appalled, I say, "Good riddance!"
I sit hunched over and receive the minutes, let...
Quest for Glory and Quest for Word – By Asya Pekurovskaya
Quest for Glory and Quest for Word: Case of Bro and Case of Bo
By Asya Pekurovskaya
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Quest for Glory and Quest for Word: Case of...
The Shack – By Anthony J. Mohr
I never saw The Shack. I’d never even heard of it until my fortieth high school reunion, when Mimi described it. She was one...
Reneging – By George Angel
A matter of being surprised mid chit-chat. Impasse and contusion. Stopped out to ricochet through the silence. Caught off guard at a stuttered consonant....
