my uncle’s girlfriend tells us about the flying lesson

Arik M.
there are as many sides to a man, she said

Circumnavigation

Rachel Cain
There are still places I can’t go.

Curtis Smith: this heart

Curtis Smith
There’s a freedom to the whole endeavor—I don’t feel pressure to publish or produce—I just want to sit down and lose myself in my work for a few hours.

In Their 30s the Jokes Keep Coming

Claudia Monpere
Of course his ghost will visit during those 10 years...

Start Slowing Down Now Because a Big Curve Is Coming Up

Jeffrey Hermann
He didn’t know the road, but I did.

Soil Inventory

Toya L. Walker
I keep finding my mother in dirt.

After Graduation

Laura Jane Crawford
In the straitjacket of summer, we go to a movie about a dying man.

Motherhood

Kate Blakinger
For a time, I dreamed of babies.

Therapy

Dawn Tasaka Steffler
She always knew there was a mean girl inside of her.

Wellness Check

Kim Murdock
And she's whirling again, our mother, hair plastered like so much seaweed against her face.

Rowing

Jeff Friedman
He was so angry he couldn’t hear what she was saying.

We Chose “Resting Pose” Because He Was So Very Tired by the End

Emily Rinkema
Rusty was in no condition to be taxidermied, but it was too late.