By Alisa M. Libby
I like writing about bad girls. A murderous countess. An adulterous queen. I don’t know what they’ve taught you in school, but here’s the truth: history is full of bad girls. [...]
Poetry
violet & Tortoise or Hare
By Doraine Bennet
violet
she stands in the corner //
of the crowded room //
a song swirls //
above the chatter //
she wishes she hadn’t come //
but still, she gathers her courage //
struggles for conversation //
they feign ignorance [...]
Interviews
Interview with Susan Beth Pfeffer
We’re big admirers of Susan Beth Pfeffer. Her career in writing children’s literature has lasted 40 years (“Just Morgan” was published in 1970) and 75 books, which would be remarkable enough–but it’s an amazing writer indeed who can produce the breakthrough “New York Times” bestselling “Life As We Knew It” (LAWKI) on Book #74. [...]
Fiction
The Flipside
By Tina Ferraro
If you read 11:34 upside-down, it spells “hell.”
I learned this in the inky darkness of a Minnesota backyard, where I–Rebecca Benvenuto–sat in a patio chair, playing with my illuminated, digital wristwatch, pushing buttons, turning it around, doing what I could to keep from spontaneously [...]
Poetry
Distortions & Creed to Deal
By Allison Malecha
Distortions
Remember the night in June //
when we hijacked your dad’s speedboat, armed //
with licorice and not-so-chaste intentions //
breaking midnight’s calm with cannonballs //
and waves of laughter, and the water //
[...]
Fiction
The Weather
By Giulia Caterini
It’s debatable whether or not he is aware that he’s doing it, but it’s so glaringly obvious. He makes you want to scream laughter into his face so hard that it would make the white, soft skin flap behind his head. You’d turn him into a Looney Toon, but with all the pain of real life.
“Sit, sit,” he says [...]
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