Archive for 'Fiction'
A Box of Beautifuls
by Evan Guilford-Blake She opened the inside door cautiously. He was waiting on the stoop, beyond the locked screen, in the bright, breezy, unseasonable warmth of the afternoon. The man’s pale skin was translucent, taut against [...]
Our love lost poet has writer’s block
by Seraphina Malinche Dear Editor, I can’t write a poem because I feel stunted. My creativity has detached from me. This weekend I realized that I’ve broken up with the man I loved. I didn’t [...]
South American Short Story Contest Winner: Wearing it on the Inside
by Daniel Hurren Editors note: Congratulations to Daniel Hurren on winning this year’s South American Short Story contest. Honorable mention goes to Mike Schake and Evan Guilford-Blake. Daniel’s story is a truly original work written in the [...]
Santiago to Toronto
by Carmen “What are you reading?” I had just thrown my backpack down on the empty seat between us. One week ago I had said goodbye to the tiny Chilean town where I’d lived and [...]
Blocks of Couverture
by Suvi Mahonen Mid-morning sun angles in through the office window, casting a warm line across the surface of Dr Barker’s desk. It catches the back of his head and shoulders, making the tips of his [...]
Tell the Mourning Birds They Can’t Sing
By Erik Berg The sun had just crested above the eastern foothills, scattering pallid light onto the desert, when Tom and Colby began their ride. The desert was hushed and still, like a tired soul reluctant [...]
Juan
by Seraphina Malinche Juan chose not to see me, not to hear me speak and to shut me out of his world. His decisions drive his reality and he chose to not let me be [...]
Freedom is a fragile word
by Julia Hones It did not matter to me that I’d be sharing the bathroom with fifteen others, nor did I care about sleeping in a room with five women I’d never met before. The plan was [...]
Ward Four
By Tunji Ajibade Comments on the internet on Uzziah Demeni were about the prize, and now Demeni’s response to the comments made references to the man in the hospital room with me. He could have been [...]
The Girl who Wove Quilts
In the 11th century, Sr. Don Jose adillo decided that he would be a money lender. As a young boy he had read in Voltaire’s “Candide” that when you needed money you looked for a Jew [...]
The Gringo and the Harvest
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Thought-provoking...
Give me a Grandparent
I am blessed with 7 grandchildren. I am making copies of this poem t
Give me a Grandparent
As I spend more and more time with more and more wonderfully different
George Orwell’s other Novels
In Latin America, kids don't read Orwell. I wish they did.
George Orwell’s other Novels
Animal Farm and 1984 are about any kind of dictatorship, not just comm