Esau By Roger Barbee
Had I not helped to rob Esau, he would be approaching his forty-sixth year on earth now, and who knows what he would have been, what he would have accomplished,...
Story of Me By Susan Conner
Represented as a heartbeat of highs and lows, “The Story of Me” is a memoir of the artist’s life from birth through middle-age (pen and ink on 18”x24”drawing pa...
Perched High By Sara J. Sutler-Cohen
Lies don’t shine, no matter how hard one scrubs.
September By Artist Mette Norrie
September is a chapter except from the graphic novel “Solo” by Mette Norrie which combines personal narratives with surreal and poetic elements. Th...
Dear People Who are Not Opioid Addicts By Margaret Weeks
The first time I took a Vicodin, I didn’t nod out; quite the contrary, I was imbued with positive energy and became quite industrious and efficient. All my rese...
The Chemo Show By Grace Jasmine
There has to be some Darwinesque reasoning behind this. Other than you are fucked and you know you are fucked and the universe conspires to fuck you.
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Night Scavengers By Samuel Autman
The house had other guests too. They were invisible in daylight...
The #METOO Trigger Warning Nonfiction Essay Contest \\ $500 + Publication – Judge Chelsey Clammer
We love Truth and we are damned serious. To prove it, we are launching our first ever “#MeToo Trigger Warning Non-Fiction Essay Contest!” Closed for submi...
We want real stories.
“To look at what it means to exist and be human—and who we are as species—we must look at history.” –Tell it Slant, Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola Memoir...