by Vimbainashe Moira Mugweni | Jul 24, 2024 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2024
Skin The sun hangs low in the sky like an overripe orange. You wish for a moment that you could reach up and pluck it, sink your teeth into it so you could taste something sweet, empty your mouth of the blood and dirt that has made a home there. You used to bite your...
by Austin Todd | Jul 24, 2024 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2024
Learning to Drink Black Coffee in Arkansas I grew up in a house near the Randal Tyson Recreational Complex in Springdale, Arkansas. For sixth and seventh grade, I went to Helen Tyson Middle School, just down the road from Don Tyson Parkway, which would take you to the...
by Destiny Pinder-Buckley | Jul 24, 2024 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2024
The Bus Years (2003-2006) The days along the bus route blur together, traveling to and from her trailer home, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, an hour each way. She is the first kid on the bus and the last kid off. The days along the bus route blur together,...
by Bex Jones | Jul 24, 2024 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2024
The Ceaseless Song I made music before I could speak. I drummed and hummed along with tunes it seemed only I could hear. When I could stand, I hauled myself to the piano and pressed the keys blindly above my head. I wrote my first song before I could reach the pedals....
by Felicia Jarrin | Jul 24, 2024 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2024
In Her Head They met six months ago, in a low-lit bar downtown frequented by corporate twentysomethings. Virginia saw him approaching out of the corner of her eye and thought he looked nice enough. He was tall, wearing black pants and a dark blue button-up. While he...
by Kendall Dinniene | Jul 24, 2024 | Creative Prose, Creative Prose 2024
Neighbors My neighbor in Idaho was an eyeful. I watched her when I was feeling bored, hungry, or restless. I got to feeling like I knew her, even though we rarely spoke. We exchanged a hello now and then when she came or went as I was washing my truck or carrying my...
