The boy arrived one afternoon in a county van, and from that point forward he lived in the spare bedroom with the narrow window and the radiator that knocked

Flash Fiction: He Never Killed a Man

The ogre knew nothing about Anna’s passion for reading.

CRISPR technology lets us edit genes—targeting DNA at precise locations to replace harmful genes or limit their expression. It’s a relief, frankly, to know we

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Another poem and writing prompt for the spooky season.

“A Boy Wants His Mother” by Lisa Thornton is a moving flash fiction with a circular structure. Thornton uses third-person narration to allow the point-of-view character, a grieving grandmother, to …

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UNTITLED | Artwork by Vantage

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I am stuck in the 900s,re-cataloging the history shelf,pulling books based onlending statistics, publication date,relevancy, POV.

Cringing on the beige couch again. The pillows have given out to the shape of her body and the cat’s body that sits next to her, talks to her, nibbles at her.

An hour to sunset on a February Saturday I told James, while we were in only boxers on my bedframe-less mattress: I can’t see you anymore. He’d just made us

“Welcome, Nell,” said the man. “Welcome to your second chance.”