Posted on February 22, 2025:

• "Patsy's Diner" by David Salner. 1956, USA.

Posted on January 15, 2025:

• "The Emperor's Cloak" by Jo-Anne Rosen. 1812, Poland. First published in The Copperfield Review.

Posted on January 12, 2025:

• "The Gods Decide" by Joyce Bingham. 79 A.D., Roman Empire. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on January 6, 2025:

• "Shepard's Prayer" by Jessie Atkin. 1961, USA.

Posted on January 3, 2025:

• "A Concord Scrivener", an excerpt from the novel House Carpenter's Daughter by Geoff Cohen. 1847, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on January 1, 2025:

• "Someone Else's Wound" by Christine Collinson. 1880, UK.

Posted on December 31, 2024:

• "Boats in Tulare Lake" by Stephen Barile. 1900, USA. Posted on December 31, 2024.

Posted on November 29, 2024:

• "In Between, the Summer" by Lin Morris. 1986, USA. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on November 17, 2024:

• "Terminus" by Hilary Ayshford. 1964, UK. Art by Hilary Ayshford.

Posted on November 16, 2024:

• "The King's Question" by Clare Hawkins. 1493, Scotland.

Posted on October 27, 2024:

• "Grub Gulch" by Stephen Barile. 1890, USA. Posted on Octover 27, 2024.

Posted on July 14, 2024:

• "Sierra Glen" by Stephen Barile. 1960, USA. Posted on July 14, 2024.

Posted on June 30, 2024:

• "The Man on the Front Porch Has a Question" by Janna Miller. 1968, USA.

Posted on June 4, 2024:

• "Sweet Breath of Gin" by Pamela Schoenewaldt. 1930, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on June 2, 2024:

• "The Last Rescue" by Jennifer Gunner. 1939, Germany and the UK.

Posted on April 23, 2024:

• "Ghost Dance at Eshom Valley" by Stephen Barile. 1872, USA.

Posted on April 2, 2024:

• "Induction Day" by Barry Fields. 1968, USA.

Posted on March 11, 2024:

• "Kidnapped in the Year 1792" by Ken Leland. 1792, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on March 5, 2024:

• "Lace Fingers" by Sara Atwater. 1773, Belgium.

Posted on March 2, 2024:

• "Servant of the Servants of God" By Ryan F. Love. 896 C.E., Rome.

Posted on February 24, 2024:

• "How to Survive Working for the Mob According to Virginia Hill" by Candace Hartsuyker. 1966, USA, Switzerland. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on February 10, 2024:

• "Oswald in Mexico" by T. G. Metcalf. 1963, USA and Mexico.

Posted on January 5, 2024:

• "Abraham's Cloak" by Sharon A. Pruchnik. 1889, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on January 4, 2024:

• "The Giveaway", an excerpt from the novel Fabric by Pauline Sewards. 1900, UK. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on January 1, 2024:

• "Anything But Sheep" by Jo-Anne Rosen. 1870, France.

Posted on November 19, 2023:

• "Fleeing East, 1940-41" by Michael Sandler. 1940, Poland, Lithuania, USSR, Japan, China.

Posted on November 8, 2023:

• "Kana" by Alex Lubertozzi. 3150 B.C.E., East Africa.

Posted on October 26, 2023:

• "Of Joseph Stalin and the Lovely Zinaida" by Sandro Francisco Piedrahita. 1940, Mexico.

Posted on October 21, 2023:

• "A Plume of Blue Ash" by F. Scott Hess. 1838, Georgia, USA. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on September 24, 2023:

• "Tomorrow I Will Be a Body in a Well" by Lixin Foo. Ca. 575 C.E., China.

Posted on September 17, 2023:

• "The Chunni and the Kikar Tree" by N.J. Haus. 1947, India.

Posted on August 31, 2023:

• "The (Once) Great Republic of Rough and Ready" by Jennifer Gunner. 1850, USA.

Posted on August 28, 2023:

• "Adam Ashaninka" by Sandro Francisco Piedrahita. 1985, Peru. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on August 11, 2023:

• "Stained Penny Serenade" by Katie Roxberry. 1944, USA.

Posted on August 3, 2023:

• "True Aim" by Toni Artuso. 1862, USA.

Posted on August 2, 2023:

• "The Ugly Carnival" by Gráinne Armstrong. 1944, France.

Posted on July 21, 2023:

• "Extracts from the Journal of a Victorian Mother" by Alex Grehy. 1880, UK. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on June 23, 2023:

• "The Capture and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart" by Jennifer Gunner. 1193, Austria.

Posted on May 29, 2023:

• "A 1951 Studebaker Commander" by David Salner. 1956, USA.

Posted on May 17, 2023:

• "Roots of Smoke" by Amethyst Loscocco. 1956, USA.

Posted on May 8, 2023:

• "Ada Blackjack" by Alexandra Otto. 1921, Russia and USA.

Posted on April 25, 2023:

• "One Summer Day" by LN Lewis. 1885, USA.

Posted on April 18, 2023:

• "For the Love of Sumerian Beer" by Katy Wimhurst. 2000 B.C.E., Sumer.

Posted on April 16, 2023:

• "Dear Constance" by Madeleine Pelletier. 1937, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on April 10, 2023:

• "A Woman Pulling the Strings" by Rose Camara. 1919, USA.

Posted on April 3, 2023:

• "A Matter of the Soul" by Claudia Wair. 1762, Virginia.

Posted on March 28, 2023:

• "A Letter from Tule Lake" by David Contara. 1948, USA.

Posted on February 1, 2023:

• "Union Mail" by Robert Albert Kapler. 1864, USA.

Posted on January 12, 2023:

• "In Thy Hands" by Amy Wadsworth. 1878, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on January 2, 2023:

• "Verdant Dream" by Jadabendra Saha. Translated by Pitambar Naik. 1999, India. Posted on January 2, 2023.

Posted on January 1, 2023:

• "Attendant for Scale" by Cole Beauchamp. 1875, London. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on December 9, 2022:

• "The Gist of Letters and Geography" by Wendy A. Howe. 1780, USA.

Posted on October 21, 2022:

• "Our Poem" by Jadabendra Saha. Translated by Pitambar Naik. 1999, India.

Posted on October 16, 2022:

• "Golden Numbers" by Kathryn Kysar. 1998, Afghanistan. Art by Elmin Marais.

Posted on September 27, 2022:

• "Diary from the Hornet: On the 43rd Day, “Land Ho!” by Kim Steutermann Rogers. 1866, Pacific Ocean. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on September 25, 2022:

• "The Emperor's Stepson" by Robert Boucheron. 48 C.E., Rome. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on September 17, 2022:

• "The Making of 'Madam Geneva'" by Christine Collinson. Ca. 1735, UK. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on September 13, 2022:

• "Not Being Equal" by Mary Byrne. 1790, France.

Posted on August 31, 2022:

• "Verses Lady Li Yi'an Writes in Her Diary" by Wendy A. Howe. 1124 C.E., China.

Posted on July 12, 2022:

• "The Important Fact" by Veronica Montes. 1928, USA.

Posted on July 2, 2022:

• "The New Hospital for Women" by Diane Simmons. 1917, UK.

Posted on June 25, 2022:

• "Ruby" by Allison Luther. 1935, USA.

Posted on June 15, 2022:

• "Mountains Moved" by Madeleine Pelletier. 218 B.C.E., Italy.

Posted June 11, 2022:

• "What an Artist" by Robert Boucheron. 68 C.E., Rome.

Posted June 9, 2022:

• "The Philosopher's Volcano by Cassandra Pfeifer. Ca. 430 B.C.E., Sicily. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on June 3, 2022:

• "Avidity" by Gretchen Lehtonen. 1918, France.

Posted on June 2, 2022:

• "École Rue Buffon, Paris, 1956" by Slawka G. Scarso. 1956, France. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on May 24, 2022:

• "The Insignificant Wife" by Bethan Charles. 1925, Switzerland. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on May 17, 2022:

• "A Time for Greatness" by Emily Roth. 1963, USA.

Posted on May 16, 2022:

• "The Ragpickers at Gettysburg" by Patrick Nevins. 1863, USA.

Posted on May 8, 2022:

• "On Safely Feeding My Family in the Wake of the 1919 Botulism Outbreak" by Lisa Fox. 1919, USA.

Posted on May 1, 2022:

• "Oomancy" by Greg Houle. 1692, Massachusetts.

Posted on April 30, 2022:

• "Fault Line" by Amy Jane Lynch. 1854, USA. Art by Elmin Marais.

Posted on April 24, 2022:

• "Louise is Color" by Karen Walker. Ca. 1910, France.

Posted on April 23, 2022:

• "Eyes Like a Tiger's" by Vanessa Couchman. 1935, Georgia. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on April 22, 2022:

• "Pro Amare Mori" by Camryn Reschke. 1914, Belgium. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on April 17, 2022:

• "The Murder of Itzel Villafranca: Documents Implicating the Attorney General of The Republic of Mexico" by Philip Charter. 1927, Mexico.

Posted on April 8, 2022:

• "A Flimsy Gallows" by Chad Towarnicki. 1864, USA.

Posted on April 2, 2022:

• "Firehouse Dance" by David Salner. 1960, USA.

Posted on March 22, 2022:

• "Saving Paradise" by Kim Steutermann Rogers. 1927, Hawai'i.

Posted on March 17, 2022:

• "At the Foot of the Mountain" by Randy Kochs. 1599, New Mexico.

Posted February 28, 2022:

• "The Color of Vanity" by Justin Eels. 1512, Netherlands, Switzerland. Art by Ann van der Giessen.

Posted February 27, 2022:

• "Gosfond" by E.E. Rhodes. 1945, Ukraine, Germany, and Russia.

Posted on February 23, 2022:

• "Finding Jamie" by Ken Branson. 1866, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on February 2, 2022:

• "Raven Eye" by Julia Shraytman. 1943, Russia. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted January 19, 2022:

• "Purple Born" by Harrison Voss. Ca. 1000 C.E., Byzantine Empire.

Posted on January 10, 2022:

• "Of Works and Workshops of the Devil" by Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim. 1912, Nigeria. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on January 6, 2022:

• "Home Guard" by Rachel Canwell. 1945, UK.

Posted on December 23, 2021:

• "Venetian Monsters of Land and Sea in the Year of Our Lord 1527" by K. MacCarthy. 1527, Italy.

Posted on December 9, 2021:

• "At Home, in Algiers" by Safiya Cherfi. 1904, Algeria. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on December 5, 2021:

• "Fighting Fascism" by Rosanne Dingli. 1943, Italy. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on November 26, 2021:

• "Half-Brother" by Nancy Byrne Iannucci. 1999, Vietnam.

Posted on November 17, 2021:

• "Lisbon Correspondent" by Lee Conrad. 1936, Portugal. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on November 11, 2021:

• "A Squire's Endeavor" by Christine Collinson. Ca. 1350, England.

Posted on October 24, 2021:

• "Battle at Indian Cave" by Michael Cooney. 1918, USA.

Posted on October 21, 2021:

• "A Common Enemy" by Laura Besley. 1943, Germany. Art by Ann van der Giessen.

Posted on October 15, 2021:

• "The Difference Between Witch and Wise" by Jonathan Helland. 1602, England. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on September 26, 2021:

• "The Burial Party" by Mike Kanner. 1915, Turkey.

Posted on September 7, 2021:

• "The Putnams of Salem" by Greg Houle. 1692, Massachusetts. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on September 5, 2021:

• "Marguerite" by Pippa Brush Chappell. 1849, England. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on September 4, 2021:

• "The Punctual Servant" by Daniel Mainwaring. 96 C.E., Rome.

Posted on August 30, 2021:

• "Infidel Teaching" by Emma McEvoy. 1908, UK.

Posted on August 29, 2021:

• "Rock Bottom" by Ruth Rouff. 1989, Romania.

Posted on August 10, 2021:

• "Not Every Cloud That Darkens" by Anne Line Kraemmer. Ca. 950 C.E., Denmark. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on August 8, 2021:

• "Hieroglyphics" by Karen Walker. Ca. 1255 B.C.E., Egypt.

Posted on August 7, 2021:

• An excerpt from the novel Graft by Jennifer Schuberth. 1885, USA. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on August 1, 2021:

• "The Sultan's Sweet Tooth" by Jonathan Neil Smith. 1558, Turkey. Art by Jonathan Neil Smith.

Posted on July 24, 2021:

• "Unsalted" by Slawka G. Scarso. 12th century, Italy.

Posted on July 11, 2021:

• "The 1381 Peasants' Revolt: Fobbing's Own" by Gina M. Bright. 1381, England. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on July 9, 2021:

• "The Sword Maker" by Jeremy Akel. 1445, Japan.

Posted on June 27, 2021:

• "An Encore Heard Across History" by Nathaniel Neil Whelan. 1984, Germany.

Posted on June 14, 2021:

• "The Naiad" by Jonathan Gourlay. 1843, Hong Kong.

Posted on June 11, 2021:

• "Mademoiselle de Mérode" by Frederick Pollack. Ca. 1950, France.

Posted on May 31, 2021:

• "Snow on Alexanderplatz, 1940" by Emma Venables. 1940, Germany. 

Posted on May 21, 2021:

• "Cunning Man" by Carys Crossen. 1860, Manchester, UK.

Posted on May 20, 2021:

• "Let the Church Say Amen" by Nikita C. Anderson. 1963, USA. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on May 15, 2021:

• "Maggie" by Katie Lynn Johnston. 1913, France. Art by Sandra Eckert. 

Posted on May 14, 2021:

• "The Secret Life of Annie B." by Teresa Tennyson. 1780, South Carolina.

Posted on May 5, 2021:

• "There Are Seven Things That You Can Do When You Are Accused Of Murder: A Life in the Year of Caravaggio" by E.E. Rhodes. 1606, Italy.

Posted on April 17, 2021:

• "Keeping Faith" by Christine Collinson. 1591, England. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on April 16, 2021:

• "Road Trip" by David Salner. 1979, USA.

Posted on April 11, 2021:

• "Found in Nature" by Jared Carlson. 1945, Bay of Bengal.

Posted on April 8, 2021:

• "Fishing for Taniwha" by Annette Edwards-Hill. 1869, New Zealand.

Posted on April 2, 2021:

• "It Belongs to the Brave: 1986" by Tani Law Rey. 1986, USA

Posted on March 31, 2021:

• "Barcelona Passage" by Lee Conrad. 1936, Spain.

Posted on March 27, 2021:

• "The Quiet Cosmonaut" by Philip Charter. 1961, Russia.

Posted on March 20, 2021:

• "Three Oaths at Gambrill Mill" by Michael Harris. 1864, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on March 15, 2021:

• "Chemin des Dames" by Frederick Pollack. 1914, France.

Posted on March 11, 2021:

• "When the Gods Laugh" by Kate Machon. Ca. 870, England.

Posted on March 7, 2021:

• "Inversion", a story by Northie. 1894, London.

Posted on March 6, 2021:

• "The King's Man" by Tim Hanlon. 1545, France and Italy.

Posted on March 5, 2021:

• "Duc Pho Delivery" by B.K. Oldre. 1970, Vietnam.

Posted on March 4, 2021:

• "Walghvogel" by Clare Hawkins. 1680, England and Mauritius.

Posted on February 28, 2021:

• "The Camera" by Scott Pedersen. 1941, USA. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on February 23, 2021:

• "The Colonel Takes Command" by Michael Cooney. 1914, USA. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on February 12, 2021:

• "Fool's Errand" by David Wesley Hill. 1586, England, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina.

Posted on February 11, 2021:

• "Twenty-Seven Choruses" by Jonathan Adams. 1956, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on February 3, 2021:

• "The Emissary" by John Johnson. 1904, USA. Posted on February 3, 2021.

Posted on February 1, 2021:

• "That Kind of Rain" by David Salner. 1968, USA.

Posted on January 25, 2021:

• "Spirit" by Gina L. Grandi. 1855, USA. Art by Sandra Eckert.

Posted on January 10, 2021:

• "Mothers" by Shanteé Felix. 1877, USA. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on January 7, 2021:

• "The Life and Death of Hypatia", a playscript by S.B. Julian. 400 C.E., Alexandria, Egypt. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on January 6, 2021:

• "A Part of Charlotte" by Andrea Goyan. 1862, USA.

Posted on January 3, 2021:

• "Death by Misadventure" by Steven Kuehn. 1243, England.

Posted on January 1, 2021:

• "Under the Floorboards" by R.A. Clarke. 1940, Poland. Art by Ann van der Giessen.

Posted on December 16, 2020:

• "God-Bird" by Chris Daruns. 1271, New Zealand.

Posted on December 14, 2020:

• "Three Tickets to Telluride" by Nikki Lynn Blakely, 1903, USA.

Posted on December 8, 2020:

• "Intercontinental" by Franz Jørgen Neumann. 1971, Norway. Art by Kaci Ellison.

Posted on December 5, 2020:

• "First to Market" by Myna Chang. 9th century, C.E., Italy.

Posted on November 30, 2020:

• "Moonlight" by Wilson Koewing. 1916, USA.

Posted on November 27, 2020:

• "Rising Fire" by Marcy Dilworth. 1970, USA.

Posted on November 25, 2020:

• "Unbend the River" by Devin Murphy. 991 C.E., Bulgarian Empire. Art by Kyle Collyer. 

Posted on November 23, 2020:

• "The Dead Preacher's Boots" by Marlin Bressi. Ca. 1870, USA. Art by Ann van der Giessen.

Posted on November 21, 2020:

• "Auntie Semitism" by Yash Seyedbagheri. 1950s, USA.

Posted on November 19, 2020:

• "Constance Hopkins, Age Fourteen" by Kim Ross. 1620, USA.

Posted on November 17, 2020:

• "The Gate" by Stephen O'Connor. 1945, Japan.

Posted on November 15, 2020:

• "My Father's Story" by François Bereaud. 1944, France. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on November 11, 2020:

• "The Things They Say You Are" by Alexis Silas. 1961, USA.

Posted on November 10, 2020:

• "Sin is Dead" by David Salner. 1945, Japan.

Posted on November 8, 2020:

• "Historia Calamitatum Mearum" by Donna Glee Williams.  Ca. 1150, France. 

Posted on November 5, 2020:

• "Bloody Dock" by A.J. Lyndon. 1651, England.

Posted on October 31, 2020:

• "Iphigenia" by Donna Glee Williams. Bronze Age, Greece.

Posted on October 30, 2020:

• "Eyewitness" by John Johnson. 1956, USA.

Posted on October 25, 2020:

• "The Islet" by R. Louis Scott. 1776, Lake Champlain. Art by Yaleeza Patchett.

Posted on October 23, 2020:

• "406 C.E." by Donna Glee Williams. 406 C.E., Rome.

• "An Uncommon Bounty" by Ethan Zoey Hedman. 1717, Honduras.