Rachel Sturges 10/12/21 Rachel Sturges 10/12/21

soul.

A new poem from Rachel Sturges

Kay Kinderman 10/11/21 Kay Kinderman 10/11/21

Leaves of Three

A little prose poem about everyone's favorite plant, from Kay Kinderman

Diane Kane 10/7/21 Diane Kane 10/7/21

Only One Thing Left

In our latest work of original fiction, Diane Kane brings us the raw reflections of a misspent youth - one that points beyond to something else

Carly Grace Abrahams-Dematte 10/6/21 Carly Grace Abrahams-Dematte 10/6/21

Succubus/Incubus

The light and the dark of festival love.

Sam Johnson 10/5/21 Sam Johnson 10/5/21

In its Proper Place

In this spectacular piece of original fiction, a young girl follows a rabbit on a life-changing journey

Dan Szczesny 10/4/21 Dan Szczesny 10/4/21

Becoming

My daughter has a posse and I'm not in it.

Christopher DiLoreto 9/10/21 Christopher DiLoreto 9/10/21

NINE...

Dispatches from the Underground: Reluctant thoughts on a Sacred Anniversary

Dan Szczesny 9/1/21 Dan Szczesny 9/1/21

Flowers for Buddy

The butterfly who couldn't fly

Dan Szczesny 8/3/21 Dan Szczesny 8/3/21

Transcendental Dad: Nimbus

Little Bean and the search for the highest cat in New England

Christopher DiLoreto 7/30/21 Christopher DiLoreto 7/30/21

Have Some Fun, For the Love of God

All the people who didn’t get sick last year didn’t get well this year, either

Laura Reed 7/14/21 Laura Reed 7/14/21

Weightless

A new poem from Laura Reed

Dan Szczesny 7/1/21 Dan Szczesny 7/1/21

The Protector

Our search for connection leads to a rocky memorial

Christopher DiLoreto 6/4/21 Christopher DiLoreto 6/4/21

Dispatches from the Underground: They're Coming for Us

Bring your feeders IN, you monsters

Dan Szczesny 6/1/21 Dan Szczesny 6/1/21

A Peripheral Creature

Transcendental Dad: Mindfulness, the Broken Cat, and Unconditional Love

Ross Streitburger 5/26/21 Ross Streitburger 5/26/21

Silk Flowers

A fleeting encounter in a fabrication factory

Jared Radke 5/24/21 Jared Radke 5/24/21

My Boy Married into This Lithuanian Family

I lean in and I say, Teach me sexy words in your language.

Laura Reed 5/19/21 Laura Reed 5/19/21

Fleeting

An original poem from Laura Reed

B.A. Pimintel 5/17/21 B.A. Pimintel 5/17/21

Woman Seated in a Chair

Matt wakes up sober in the hell of Manchester’s Elm Street

Dan Szczesny 5/3/21 Dan Szczesny 5/3/21

Tree of Long Life

In this month's Transcendental Dad column, we make one last visit to the oldest sugar maple

Dan Szczesny 4/1/21 Dan Szczesny 4/1/21

Ballad of the Spine Pig

This month's Transcendental Dad column offers us an Easter parable in the form of a dead porcupine and a painting