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Dec 15, 202311 min read

[Fiction] Rowboat

by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett The sky was black as Nina rowed past the Fun Zone. Fairy lights stretched over restaurant patios, and the...

Dec 15, 202313 min read

[Fiction] Night Swim

by Matt Ellis Mark emptied his pockets onto the bed before arranging his belongings into an orderly stack on the pillow: cell phone,...

Dec 15, 20232 min read

[Fiction] More than a Kerosene Lamp

by Christine Arroyo If you’d been dating this guy for six months, falling in love over shared environmental projects—his the ocean, yours...

Dec 15, 202315 min read

[Fiction] The Dreams of Birds

by Sam Moe What happens last is I leave. I know, I know I always leave. What no one ever asks is whether or not I was given a choice....

Dec 5, 20232 min read

[Fiction] Hypoxia

by Jake Dean The wave lands a meter in front of her and she’s thankful the lip doesn’t detonate on her back or on her surfboard, which...

Oct 24, 202310 min read

[Fiction] No One Owns the Sea

By Monica Igoe I went walking last night. Out past the yachts with silly names like Molly and Suaimhneas, and the one-man dinghies,...

Sep 12, 20235 min read

[Fiction] 'Ava with Cousins

‘Ava and Cousins By Mirm Hurula The wind is cold on my back. Even on the least heavy days, the air was never this cold. My body shudders...

Aug 1, 202318 min read

[Fiction] Eat Your Heart Out

By Mackenzie Kiera I’m awake when doctors cut out my heart. My heart had been growing steadily for nine (ten, really it’s ten) months,...

Jul 1, 20234 min read

[Fiction] Flight

by Kim Steutermann Rogers I know right away I’m going to feed the bird we’re not supposed to feed. Shawn and I are field biologists...

Jul 1, 202322 min read

[Fiction] I Think So, Fred

by Toni Kochensparger They stopped at Kat’s on the way home. It was where they’d stopped on their way home from the funeral, too. It was...

Jul 1, 20239 min read

[Fiction] Haenyeo

by Corinne Harrison Minji was parting long strands of seaweed, peering through the maze of underwater vegetation when she saw it. A...

Jul 1, 202318 min read

[Fiction] The Amazon Princess of Globeville

by Thomas C. Mavroudis 1980-1986 Catherine is a poor thing. She hears people say so. They say her teeth look like two fists balled up...

Jul 1, 202318 min read

[Fiction] Sun Salutations

by J. T. Townley I’ve been on lots of yoga retreats, though usually just down to Big Sur. I went to Kauai once, but that had more to do...

Jun 6, 202310 min read

[Fiction] The Finishing Pool

by R. Grimm She could hear her house keys jangle but still couldn’t find them in her purse, which at this witching hour, after that sixth...

May 2, 20232 min read

[Fiction] Long Story Short

By Megan Jauregui Eccles Alexandra did not mean to fall through the rabbit hole or win the prince’s hand or impale the queen on her dance...

Mar 28, 20236 min read

[Fiction] Melú

by Alexis Levitin James had been gazing, with his usual sense of wonder and exhilaration, at the endless unfurling of the surf, when he...

Mar 20, 20231 min read

[Interview] Awais Khan - No Honor

David M. Olsen interviews Pakistan author Awais Khan about his bestselling and critically acclaimed book No Honor, his writing process,...

Feb 14, 20233 min read

[Fiction] Tide Rising

by JMH Flood Tide Rising It wasn’t unusual for the tide to come in and leave pools of water all over the yard. In fact, that happened...

Dec 15, 202219 min read

[Fiction] Modern Corrections

by Rodney E. Schmidt It was midnight. Gloria stood on the balcony ledge, yelling at the culprit who hid in the darkness. She begged him...

Dec 15, 202210 min read

[Fiction] The Roses & the Weeds

By Elinora Westfall Ollie talks. Not that Bridget listens. She’s too absorbed in the mundane task of fastening her bra, a simple action...

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