Category: Stories

The hot middle eastern sun beat down my neck causing uncomfortable moisture to accrue throughout my uniform. As I walked through the barracks I tugged the saran wrap down on my turkey sandwich and took a bite. The soggy bread and wilted lettuce gave me a longing to go back to the mess hall and…

The darkness was thick around them but far in the distance lights danced from a solitary area. A dry residual heat still flowed from the rocky ground underneath them, but the night air was crisp and cool. As they lingered on a small outcropping on the top of a hill silence overwhelmed them. “Are y’all…

A Flash Fiction Piece He wanted the world to see him. To do that was to show his face over the internet for hours on end while rambling nonsensically. He knew he was right. The trip to the store had him excited. Everything he could have ever desired was on the shelf for him to…

The familiar brown fuzz now patched with gray flowed through my fingers as the final tinks of the car engine settled. How had we gotten to this point? Once amber eyes now covered in a cloudy haze looked up at me. I wondered if there was anything there that could still recognize me. A labored…

My Conversation with Patrick Canfield an Editorial Assistant at Macmillan Publishing Click here to read the Feature Article version. As an aspiring writer, I run into the pitfalls of being overwhelmed by the amount of saturation in the field and how quickly rejection can be pushed my way. Initially, my thought process always seemed to…