At a Bar A Few Blocks From the End of the World

At a Bar A Few Blocks From the End of the World

Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWikimedia Commons I drink a beer that tastes like lemons. The TV is loud. The man next to me, a stranger turned comrade in our mutual attack to get the attention of the bartender, is smiling. He...
Holy Land

Holy Land

Photo by Cc3339 via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 The sign on the locked gates to Holy Land said ‘No Trespassing,’ but it was almost lost in the overgrowth. Graham thought he could make a convincing argument that he hadn’t seen it if...
Mystery Storefront

Mystery Storefront

(text by Miriam Calleja; photograph by Dylan Willoughby) They said I should hide my body but make it more accessible, fit it with locks that only stay on the latch, never lock the doors, and never draw the curtains completely. My mum insisted that I should get...
Down 112 Steps

Down 112 Steps

Photo by Scott Anderson Old stone steps wedged in loam wind down the gorge to forest then river. Here shadows hide before noon and the world-weary congregate— cottonwoods, maples, oaks. Brown switchgrass. A hollowed out log worn smooth by wind, water, the work of...
Sister Cities (Thành Phố Chị Em)

Sister Cities (Thành Phố Chị Em)

Photo: Wonju Train Station, South Korea –  Trainholic via Wikimedia Commons. License:CC BY-SA 4.0 Chanlee Luu is a Vietnamese-Chinese American writer from southern Virginia. She received her MFA in creative writing at Hollins University and BS in chemical...
A Summer Inquisition

A Summer Inquisition

Photo: “view along Campbell Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia” by Kipp Teague. License: CC BY-NC 2.0 In the Rusted Downtown, an Auntielooks for a spot to park. It is confusing—the Laws of Space: paying to place a Metal Pieceon a Monopoly Board: The City Grid....