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August 18, 2023 ·
Lisa Ochoa lives and writes in Tucson, AZ. Her writing explores the complicated world of our...
July 25, 2023 ·
As a child, I was obsessed with the idea of my house being haunted. Never mind the fact that my...
July 17, 2023 ·
“This place used to be crawling with bees,” said Jenny’s older cousin. “Literally crawling. They...
June 27, 2023 ·
Science, politics, and religion are the most influential forces that alter the course of human...
June 13, 2023 ·
I am a wanderer In search of new beginnings A vagabond With nothing but a bag full of hopes...
June 7, 2023 ·
I’m standing in the queue at the corner shop, two women are waiting for their turn in front of...
March 22, 2023 ·
Florence, Italy I moved in with Drew, the Texan dominatrix, and the satanic cat because I didn...
March 9, 2023 ·
We are born preconditioned to embrace the catastrophic. To eagerly crane our heads towards...
February 28, 2023 ·
“. . . a contemporary sculpture representing the barbed fences white settlers used to deny...
February 23, 2023 ·
Fatima stood perfectly still by the front door, breathing, but not noticeably, as if the...
February 7, 2023 ·
Tonight, any body of water will do, the hot tub, followed by the cold shock of the winter...
January 20, 2023 ·
I don’t need your answered prayers or the chains your lover wears. I don’t need your rings...
January 13, 2023 ·
Stuie has always been nothing special. Even he knows, deep down, disappointed, that he is — a...
January 7, 2023 ·
Somber rain boots, lonely in the corner, gathering dust in a dark room. Outside,...
November 30, 2022 ·
When night winds no longer whisper darkness, as in truth it must, When the dark shadow admits its...
November 29, 2022 ·
Lost my shape Trying to act casual! Can’t stop I might end up in the hospital I feel like an...
November 9, 2022 ·
Oxygen, 65 parts per hundred. Add her mother's smiling eyes, And her father's strong chin...
October 31, 2022 ·
The thread attached to her at the point where her right hip met her back. It was taut but did not...
December 14, 2020 ·
People’s eyes glow golden when they lie; it’s quite beautiful. Sometimes only a brief flash,...
November 30, 2020 ·
The bent old man with the accordion. The young woman banging the tambourine against a velvet knee...