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Acts of Love

Acts of Love

Fiction by Rebecca Calloway

Create, WritingRebecca CallowayJanuary 27, 2020create, writing, fiction, short fiction, short story, California, beach, ocean, shells, pier, love, children, relationships, parenthood, dreams, coast, water, rocks

To Remember Clouds

To Remember Clouds

Fiction by Trevor Eichenberger

Create, WritingTrevor Eichenberger January 17, 2019create, writing, short story, short fiction, speculative fiction, magical realism, relationships, man, clouds, body, touch, park, dreams, dreamer, love, inside jokes, letting go

In Pursuit of Solitude

In Pursuit of Solitude

A writer spends six weeks in New Zealand working on her first novel, disconnecting from the digital world to embrace the natural one

Explore, WorldUttama PatelNovember 15, 2018explore, world, writing, novel, solitude, fiction, writer, nature, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, natural, alone, lonely, loneliness, world travel, relationships, distance, solo, solo travel

On Tuscany’s Operatic Magic

On Tuscany’s Operatic Magic

A personal essay on traveling solo that argues sometimes seeking answers while journeying alone is not always the right solution

Grow, SelfChris MooreOctober 24, 2018grow, self, personal essay, travel essay, solo travel, solo trip, world travel, Tuscany, Italy, Europe, relationships, Into the Wild, Ireland, love, self-reflection

Evanston Sucks

Evanston Sucks

A gay man navigates his sense of self and the temporary states of our bodies while moving between relationships in the throes of the city

Grow, SelfMatt HawkinsJune 21, 2018grow, self, gay, gay men, gay relationships, gay sex, Chicago, bodies, body, anorexia, eating disorder, sex, homosexuality, showering, relationships, boys, boyfriend, personal essay, searching, eating, skinny, muscles

Pseudo-Psychology & Psychics

Pseudo-Psychology & Psychics

A future-seeker explains how our culture has begun to commodify psychic readings and fortune tellers

Grow, SocietySofia DaxJune 5, 2018grow, society, psychic, psychic reading, fortune teller, future, relationships, family, boyfriend, New York City, actress, tarot, witch, culture, fashion, astrology, predictions

It's Friday & We're Here

It's Friday & We're Here

Fiction by William Hawkins

Create, WritingWilliam HawkinsFebruary 16, 2018fiction, short fiction, short story, writing, create, art, painting, relationships, city park, park, trees, forest, lost, wandering, Louisiana

The Corpse

The Corpse

Writer Gerard McArtney weaves together two true stories of death, and ponders over what it means to die with dignity

Grow, SocietyGerard McArtneySeptember 6, 2017grow, society, death, dying, corpse, travel, family, street, hospital, Asia, Australia, grandmother, relationships, wanderlust, strangers

Independence Day

Independence Day

Flash fiction by L. N. Holmes

Create, WritingL. N. HolmesAugust 16, 2017create, writing, flash fiction, fiction, short story, relationships, sex, religion, fourth of july, fireworks, park, river

Savagery Quintet

Savagery Quintet

Five powerful poems by Jessica Mehta

Create, WritingJessica MehtaJuly 7, 2017create, writing, poetry, poems, nature, Native American, Cherokee, Indian, relationships, self, whiskey, death, West Coast, Oregon, poet