Issue 104: 20 February 2020

Please, Be Safe

By Tyhi Conley   Before they arrived, we were laughing, telling stories outside of the convenience store. Over the years, the store’s owner got to know us. He’d sold to us since we were kids buying dollar Arizona’s and 50 cent honey buns every summer day on our way to the pools, courts, or houses […]

Poem Where I Mix-Up Fairy Tales

By Courtney LeBlanc   Sometimes the wolf shows up in a suit, hair neat and tie perfect, teeth tucked into his mouth to mimic a sly smile. Sometimes he’s a friend, sometimes a stranger, sometimes a lover. Sometimes I crave the beast’s hands on my skin, sometimes I want his bite, sometimes I don’t want […]

To the Racist in Line for Chinese Food at Safeway

By Ty.Brack   Yes, you are racist. I know this because of the way you reduced Estefania and America to colored women. I know this because Estefania was helping me and America was helping you. You and I ordered the Express Special at the same time. Estefania returned with my container before America returned with […]

Clutching at the Last Straw

By Dini Armstrong   After consulting with the elders, they chose to buy Oideacha, approaching life on this tiny Scottish island with all the naivety and determination of youth. Quaker values still rang true to them when they signed on the dotted line: peace, simplicity, integrity, stewardship of the earth. Hamish had years of experience […]