Winter had been brutal and we didn’t venture outside, but now the cherry trees were blossoming and the air was soft and hopeful, and the heads appearing above garden gates and mailboxes were smiling u...

Finally, another manned mission to Mars. How he’d glowed with excitement.

Temple in a City literary journal nominations for Best of the Net 2027

Creative nonfiction Plums by author Detje Marcel. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue

Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters

The daughter is tired of walking, the muscles in her thighs and calves trembling as they climb, but there’s no chance of the father turning around until he’s seen everything he came to see. The forest...

Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters

Girl, 9, Speaks, fiction by author Lisa Thornton. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue

Birth announcement micro fiction by Louise Hurrell. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue