Fiction
Saints and Shadows (1st Place – PS Fiction Contest)
Part beagle, part spaniel, part God knows what, the dog–bedraggled with a bit of mange, no microchip–wandered onto their driveway the same day they learned that Henry was sick.
Fiction
Sweet Pentatonics (Runner Up – PS Fiction Contest)
It’s while prepping my folks’ home for sale that I come across the old instrument, its case tucked edgewise in a box of blue and white plates.
Fiction
The Lord God Bird (Runner Up – PS Fiction Contest)
Eli steps out of his truck, slipping the revolver into the rear waistband of his jeans, pulling his red flannel over it.
Fiction
Rattlesnake Trainer (Runner Up – PS Fiction Contest)
“Rattlesnake trainer?” “No, dog trainer. I’ll train dogs to avoid rattlesnakes.”
Non-Fiction
Ruby: A Meditation on Friendship in the City of Brotherly Love
I disliked Ruby from the moment I met her.
Poetry
Village shuttered against night, clay stove fired up, the kettle steaming in the damp.
Poetry
I watched the blind beggar drag his body into the shadow of Broad and Samson,
Poetry
A Photo of my Grandfather (Sumter, SC circa 1928)
Staring from an old black and white with brown tones hinting of color my black grandfather frozen in a chair like a general.
Poetry
Within the salon’s dark cough, beauticians glue fingernails to their anchorage.
Review
Review: Glassman by Steve Oskie
In this semi-autobiographical novel that takes place in Philadelphia and on the Jersey Shore, author Steve Oskie and his main character, Mark Glassman, have much in common
Review
Review: In the Museum of My Daughters’ Mind by Marjorie Maddox
Majorie Maddox’s chapbook, The Museum of My Daughter’s Mind, is a collection of 34 ekphrastic poems
Review
Review: Even the Dog Was Quiet by Margaret R. Sáraco
In Even the Dog Was Quiet, Margaret R. Sáraco crafts a haunting and emotional collection of poems that delve into the fragility of memory,