Long Haul to Napoli
Somewhere around November, Jonas got really into trucking. Not actual trucking, not…
Writing Past Winners
Life Is What Happens…
In a moment in time, a seismic pandemic strikes like a bolt of lightning and…
A Crowded Bus on Kennedy Boulevard
La Playa was the beach that Costanza’s father frequented as a boy. He had told her…
La Divina Cucina: A Guide to Food after Death
It’s a well known fact that the afterlife is run by Italians. Consequently, the menus…
The Fontana
She sits on the seventh stone step leaning forward, her elbows on her thighs. The…
Seven Improvised Stages in DIY Curative Stregheria
ONE: Study the old religion of Italy. Make a mental shopping list of items you will not…
Synesthesia
“Every Good Boy Deserves Freedom For All Children on Earth Got Bodies Desires…
Tree of Life
SAPLING Sunday mornings, Mom attends mass at St. Ambrose Church while Dad takes me to…
Truth, More or Less
Causes of my grandmother’s lifelong limp – the one that afflicted her right leg (or…
Touching Calabria (A Short Story in Little Time)
“I’m firing the architect,” I said, “I wouldn’t set foot in my Church.”…