New Poem by Carol Alexander: “Late of Somewhere in the East”

New Poem by Rachel Landrum Crumble: “Against Urgent Brilliance”

The little mountain-village known as Sheen Bagh sat right on the border. So exact was the placement that the people in the village often did not claim either country that surrounded their home, but simply stated that they were from Sheen Bagh and that the borders had been built around them and not the other […]

Each night our mascot—a black and white cat—sneaks into the base searching for a warm lap and scraps of food. Tonight our reconnaissance unit joins an elite group of combat fighters. These guys volunteer for their unit with the promise of death missions into enemy territory.  I wonder why the cat isn’t afraid of these […]