Four year-old Caitlin can do amazing tricks with her bones. She can bend her thumb to touch her wrist. She can fold her fingers backward and her elbows in the wrong direction. Occasionally, however, Caitlin bends her bones by accident,... Read More

Global warming receives a great deal of public attention these days, but it is likely that most folks think of the issue in the simplest terms: rising sea levels, stranded polar bears, and squabbling politicians. Bradley J. Dibble hopes... Read More

Diane Cashin speaks directly when she explains how readers can adapt when their original plans go awry. “You need to know where ‘Your True North’ is, by knowing yourself, your career goals, and your life goals. This clarity acts as... Read More

Many people who have led so-called ordinary lives tend to consider their experiences too mundane to write about. In truth, every person’s story is unique, and readers often find value in learning how fellow humans have coped with... Read More

Retired vascular surgeon David B. Welsh has stepped far from the operating room with his new novel, "The Shakarchi File". In a topical story involving the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and a group of Middle Eastern terrorists... Read More

For most of his life, Graeme Boshoff experienced the same series of dreams five or six times a week. He details these in "The 13th Chapter". In the first dream, and the most frequent of the series, Boshoff is told that he needs to save... Read More

Death and taxes may be two of the inevitabilities of life, but for some there are options when it comes to how and when to die. In "Politics of Death", William Kirtley analyzes how Oregon’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act came into... Read More

What if stories weren’t really stories but rooms into which you could peer like God “lookin’ in on his creation”? What would you see? That image unifies this fine collection of short fiction. Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter... Read More