By Stephen Allen

Cold Salt Water

“Whatever border you may set for the ocean, your own body will be on the wrong side, passportless, unable to return.”

By SuzAnne C. Cole

Lessons from Martha

“Martha reached out again from the great unknown where she now exists, to me, heavy on the earth, trapped in the trivial . . .”

By Andrea Marcusa

An Emptiness Filled with Much to See

“I feel a quiet flash of connection, an unspoken acknowledgement of our sharing this unusual moment, its novelty based solely upon the fact that there are no other glances to be caught or avoided.”

By Anne Visser Ney

The Changing Shape of Light

“'I dreamed something unzipped my back and I flew out,' he told me one morning. He's four, I thought. How can he know the appearance of the back of his head?”

By Noah C. Renn

Crisco & Ketchup

~Editor's Prize Winner~

“What is it about mornings that make them so confusing? Maybe it's because mornings are the time when memories and dreams are indistinguishable.”

By Kelly Spitzer

In Stone

“. . . in each of its various forms, this country infects those who wander here. It burrows itself into imaginations, it breeds in the heart, the blood.”