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January 26, 2026
Who Would Have Imagined?
Patty Somlo PG-13 -- Patty Somlo’s most recent book, Hairway to Heaven Stories (Cherry Castle Publishing), was a Finalist in the American Fiction Awards and Best Book Awards.

essay * ...to article.

The Gift
Jiel Narvekar PG-13 -- "...A million fragments scatter..."

poem * ...to article.

Waterloo Sunset
Dan Holt PG-13 -- "...stronger as we found our voices..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

A Shared Belief in the Sanctity of Human Life
Ndaba Sibanda PG-13 -- "...Are we not emotive and spiritual creatures?..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Break Through
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal PG-13 -- "...Slow traffic for miles and miles..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Shoveling Snow
Jim Bates PG-13 -- "... the brutal cold takes his breath away..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Scree
Stephen Kingsnorth PG-13 -- "...here’s scree too heavy, mountain clad..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

2025
Taylor Dibbert PG-13 -- Remembering a good season...

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

OK Google, Is It OK to Cry After LASIK?
James Croal Jackson PG-13 -- "...Society rains hate on men who cry..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Ngongo Chronicle: Copper: A Memoir 12
Ron Singer PG-13 -- Conclusion and Acknowlegements

serial fiction * ...to article.

Mr. Upside Down
Sascha Goluboff PG-13 -- Sascha Goluboff is a writer, mother, and academic with a PhD in Anthropology and an MFA in Writing. She lives in Virginia.

fiction life * ...to article.

On Abraham Van Helsing
Jerry A. Sierra PG-13 -- The vampire spokesman tells it all.

fiction * ...to article.

Anthill
Benjamin Wilson PG-13 -- Benjamin Wilson currently lives in central Texas, is a recent college graduate, and may or may not actually exist. He tends to write weird speculative fiction with a focus in horror.

cover story speculative fiction * ...to article.