A Magazine covering Western North Carolina and the Asheville NC Art Scene
Written by Benjamin Sonnenberg – You’re going to die, Mother. It will kill you, eventually: these were the words that paced back and forth in his mind. But then came sadness, a despair so overwhelming that it threatened to swallow up his interests and passions, just as the disease had swallowed up his mother’s breasts. When […]
Written by Lucy Palladino – Snow, dusted dark with salt and mud, clung to the sides of the dark grey road. Fields stretched out beyond the straight highway with old farm equipment and the occasional naked tree breaking through. Tufts of thick grass and old fence posts separated one pasture from another and, though invisible at […]
Written by Porter Staples – (Mature Theme) – Ned ordered another Black Jack on the rocks. He savored it, from the smell of the fumes in his nose to the painful jolt of pleasure as the liquid rolled into his stomach. In the wake of the cascade, his muscles melted and he relaxed, not realizing […]
Written by Terry Ward – His brother died when the ship sank. He never saw him while the lifeboats were being loaded, even though he searched desperately. Men, women, and children were moving about the decks in uncertainty and panic. He was lucky to find a lifeboat himself as the ship was going down at […]
