Poetry Writing Prompt | October 2017

by Mariah Beckman

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

Fiction Writing Prompt | October 2017

by Mariah Beckman

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

Nonfiction Writing Prompt | October 2017

by Mariah Beckman

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

The Is of Things

by Melvin Litton

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

This knows. This traces the broken web where each is lost to the many and little is known. And nothing is known once each is boxed in the ground, locked away and silent, finished with goings-on. But this knows, this was never boxed away but …

Paperless

by Joe Cappello

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

Niles Oberlin smiles at the cleaning lady as he pours his morning coffee at the company sink. “I can’t believe that employee of mine did such a stupid thing,” Niles says. The woman smiles and nods. She doesn’t speak English very well and is more …

The Swimmer

by Kenny Yim

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

Tyler placed his hands together above his head, his naked torso a diamond vision to behold, and bent his knees as if a wooden mallet sent from heaven tapped him right there. It was a variant of a standing lotus position that he had perfected. …

Visitations

by P.W. Bridgman

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

She was cartoon comical, my Auntie Verna, but darkly so. Auntie Verna came to visit us in Dryden, Ontario, unannounced, every year or two, her fortunes always in apparent flux. In 1960 she arrived broke and mascara-smeared on the bus from Minneapolis; in 1961 she …

The Thoughtful Aquarist: The Comprehensive Handbook to Successful Marine Care and Maintenance for the Discerning Hobbyist

by Justine McNulty

Issue No. 245 ~ October, 2017

Re: TTA 2016 Edits To: mckendryaj@whitmanpublishing.com From: rosemary.anne.crane@gmail.com   Dear Andrew, At long last, here they are: the additions to be included in the 2016 printing! I’m sorry that it’s taken me a bit to get them to you. Although they’ve been completed for some …