Culture Rant: Issue 13 / Spring 2018

“How do you say that word?”: Choreopoems and Doing It for the Culture By Monica Prince   The summer after I graduated high school, my sister called. “I need you to write something down, then go to the bookstore tomorrow and buy it,” she said. “Why?”...

“The Bardo of Goodbye” by Charisse Coleman

Issue 13 / Spring 2018   I believe Misha may be dying. It is hard to tell. He weaves like a drunken sailor, hind feet slithering out from under him on the wood floor. He’d lost a third of his body weight when he went into the hospital two weeks ago; now that he’s...

“Leftovers” by Emi Benn

Issue 13 / Spring 2018   The address on the flyer led him to a quiet industrial estate with a neon road sign: “Ready to change your life? TED IS HERE!”` Ken parked his dusty pick-up and checked his teeth. He had a pen in his jacket and clutched a new pocket-sized...

SFWP Celebrates 20 Years: Part 2

Part 2: Mission By Andrew Gifford   In 1988, I fell in love with a book. It was a big hit. Translated into over a dozen languages and a critical darling, the book was Fatal Light by Richard Currey. It was a story about an unnamed young man from Parkersburg, West...

“A Public Service” by Jenny Belardi

Issue 13 / Spring 2018   Jill stood at the end of the driveway, her hands cupped, nearly closed. One hand was full of cheese cubes, which left a residue on her skin. The other was full of apple slices, which left a sticky sweetness. She pushed her sunglasses down...