Kiini Ibura Salaam's writes about life in the Dominican Republic.
Read More“There’s No Racism Here?” A Black Woman in the Dominican Republic
When he learn he couldn’t have one, he did find a child in the water.
Read MoreGasping
Have you lost me yet? The trick question, as if I am something to be found and kept, locked in your chest of bones.
Read MoreLa Ciguapa, For the Reeds, For Herself
First it’s in my toes, like they’re being suckled on by a mouth full of battery acid; then my feet buzz, pins and needles in my soles before a bigger, more insistent spasm shoots up my calves.
Read MorePrism
Andrea Johnson chats with Eden Royce about the International Gullah Film Festival, her writing process, and writing southern gothic fiction.
Read MoreInterview with Author Eden Royce
The woman you go to see for your reading isn’t old, but her eyes have aged more than her skin as if she’s seen horrors but hasn’t learned to hide them.
Read MoreFor Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain’t Near Enough
Editorial from our Issue 111 guest editor Sheree Renée Thomas.
Read MoreUnder Ancient Stars, New Dreams Are Born
Reviews of short fiction about family in all its forms.
Read MoreWords for Thought #26
Erika’s fingers tense on the steering wheel as she approaches the Kansas-Colorado state line. Endless fields of wheat, waiting to be harvested, sit on both sides of the interstate, the stalks rustling whisper-soft.
Read MoreThe Whipping Girls