poem by Matteo Preabianca
The dilemma of artist’s dress Painters, like Antonio Tapies, appear to be bank clerks, but as I observe other painters, they wear the same clothes.
poems by Michael Lee Johnson
I Feel Lightning in Your Wind I feel light in a thunderstorm. I electrify your touch through my veins. I’m the greenery around your life
poems by Mykyta Ryzhykh
*** the blind dream will end this time with an endless night
poems by Paweł Markiewicz
Germany in the nighttime 1961 – the wall has been built once sixty-one stars glowed over the native land the East Germany rife with butterflies sparkled in the night
poems by John Grey
Refugees Some people can’t stay where they are. As determined by no home, empty pockets
Holes in the Design
by Catalina Florina Florescu Mirabela was holding a baby blue cloth. Her hands were trembling. “Do you need a cup of tea?” Mirabela did not pay attention. She was examining the cloth with fascination but also terror. “Holes … holes in the design.”
A Free Pass
by Douglas Young Raleigh Reynolds was selling tickets as fast as he could for Friday night’s second show at the campus cinema. From behind open-air bars in the theater’s round ticket booth inside the student center, he enjoyed seeing how fast he could dispense tickets, make change, and keep the line moving. When a […]
Eternal Return
by Laura Lambie The door slammed shut with an echoing thud. John crossed the room, sat down, folded his handcuffed hands and smiled. “So, you came for a visit, finally. It’s good to see you again.” “Likewise,” replied Luke, taking a gold case from the pocket of his suit. He opened it and […]
“Hold off the Night: Short Stories” by Teresa Burns Gunther
by Elizabeth Bruce HOLD OFF THE NIGHT: Short Stories by Teresa Burns Gunther, published by Australia-based Truth Serum Press, gives the reader twelve achingly beautiful, poignant stories of adults and children walking the edge. Filled with strained situations and emotional pivots, these stories will hit your gut and your heart and spin you around and […]
We are all ultimately alone
[interview with Teresa Burns Gunther (author of HOLD OFF THE NIGHT: Short Stories, published by Truth Serum Press] by Elizabeth Bruce QUESTION: Where does the title, HOLD OFF THE NIGHT, come from? From the first story in the collection, “Where Are You, Really?” We meet this narrator at a moment when everything collides and her life […]