VERY SHORT STORIES
Gerald Nicosia – Ferlinghetti
for Neeli Cherkovski
Lawrence never let me treat him like a famous man
I sat down to interview him
a green 27-year-old Midwestern kid
He said, “You need...
Silvio Donà – Serial Killer
Rocco did not have any particular reason to hate old women.Yet, he hated them in a ferocious way.Only seeing one of them...
SHORT STORIES
Antonia Buizza – Angela
“Angela, don’t run: you know that after you are going to have a sore throat”.“Ok, mum, I’m coming”.Mother and daughter went back...
POPULAR
Barbara Ungar – Après Moi
Let them eat storms
Let them eat fire
Let them eat drones
Let them eat lies
Let them eat bump stocks
Let them eat coal
Let them eat bullets
Let them...
CLASSICS
Gertrude Stein – Johnny Grey
What did he say. I was disagreeing with him.
He said he didn't have it by...
Kate Chopin – Désirée’s Baby
As the day was pleasant, Madame Valmondé drove over to L’Abri to see Désirée and...
T. S. Eliot – Eeldrop and Appleplex
I
Eeldrop and Appleplex rented two small rooms in a disreputable part of town. Here they...
James Baldwin – The Blind Men and the Elephant
There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged...
Joseph Conrad – The Lagoon
The white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in...
POETS' CORNER
Barbara Ungar – Après Moi
Let them eat storms
Let them eat fire
Let them eat drones
Let them eat lies
Let them eat...
Barbara Ungar – Ars poetica
I love to comb
a poem the way
girls do their dolls’
hair singing
as I brushed
and braided mane
and...
Barbara Ungar – Call Me Medusa
Some years ago, when I had braces
and headgear, I’d pull my hair
through the openings in...
Barbara Ungar
Barbara Ungar’s fifth book, Save Our Ship, winner of the Richard Snyder Memorial Prize from...
Valentina Meloni – As if it were an endless autumn
As if it were an endless autumn
silently one by one they leave
and buds already appear...
