Sue Ellis has found an abundance

by | Nov 8, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

Abundance1.Pinched back, propped upoverripe tomatoesstar kiss fuzzed vines.Red cranial orbstelecommunicatinggelatinous pink thoughts –bite me . . bite me.2.Tired cornstalks, picked cleanplay straight men toseedy cabaret headliners:Cosmos!    ...

New flash fiction by Larry Kimmel

by | Nov 7, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

On The Verge Of AutumnI'd seen her about town often enough – pleasingly plump, neatly dressed, with snow-white hair that belied her age, and such blue eyes.  And now we were sharing a store front over-hang against the sudden downpour. She must have been about...

Benjamin Blake experiences his first real winter

by | Nov 6, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

My First Real Winter The rain beat down in double timeIn comparison to the metronome like dripOf droplets in stainless steel pansSmoke casts shadows over lined paperAsh falls like snow flakes, settling gentlyElegies scratched deep into the table surfaceRemind us...

Leland Thoburn is no longer feeling brittle

by | Nov 5, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

BrittleIt had been five years. Five years of interminable aching before I could sleep, and five years of disbelieving when I awoke. Five years of not knowing what to do with myself at breakfast, dinner and lunch. Five years of remembering.But on the advent of the...