Resilience | The New Engagement

Resilience

Resilience

By David Alexander

Saint Joni. They paved a parking lot and put up a paradise.

Currentcy
By Daniel Wolff, Robert Taplin

Bottom feeders, the bottom line.

Ten Vignettes About Love accompanying art
By Li Zhuang

Coupledom is the loneliest state.

Decade and Grown story art
By Germ Lynn

Rented and reconstituted.

The Three Year Swim story art
By Amelia Possanza

Treading water, staying afloat.

The Way In The Way Out story art
By alex garcia

Violently, lovingly, evade.

Slightly Higher God story art
By Jason Morphew

The effort to find redemption in the ignoble is great.

Ryan Ostrowski: “Sleeping in a Field of Poppies”
By Ryan Ostrowski

Ethereal bloom grown deep within a solace garden.

LurLynn Franklin: “9 Months, 18 Years (with age progression)”
By LurLynn Franklin

A grim reality marked by criminal unfairness.

Chapters 7-9 of The Gift, story art
By Mark Elzey

In chapters 9-11 of Mark Elzey’s revelatory memoir, the narrator faces the defacers.

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Contests & Prizes

Flash Fiction Contest
On May 1st, we announced the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest: Thomas Garcia (1st), Rick Krizman (2nd), and Rios de la Luz (3rd). Read more.

The James Baldwin Literature Prize
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of The James Baldwin Literature Prize of $1,000 to Hafsa Musa. Read more.

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