Forgotten Veterans
A veterans’ home where aging grandmas tell their tales of serving when they thought women should have been at home preserving.
Music as Character: The Soundtrack of Cowboy Bebop
Kanno takes this concept and runs wild with it, creating one of the most original soundtracks in anime history and sparking the production of eight CD’s worth of music and a five disc boxset that is a must for any fans.
Thank You for Being a Friend: Celebrating 40 Years of The Golden Girls
It’s a reminder that friendship is a safe haven, where we can be ourselves in the company of those who understand and care about us, flaws and all.
Hope
She answered with an upturned corner of faded rose lips, a smile of sorts, and transferred the shampoo bottle from my hand to hers.
Irreverent
Let their statues fill with dust,
while I rest my face on your shoulder
instead of cold stone feet.
Quarterly & Special Issues
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October 25, 2025
Mabel turned to begin her solitary walk home. Somebody in the darkness under a tree caught her eye. Another little girl was standing there, all by herself.
October 24, 2025
A Bountiful Silence enables the reader to become deeply involved with Muro’s poetry to the point where, regardless of the trials of their day, the vibrant intensity of his words helps them to focus on the beauty around them. God knows we need that right now!
October 24, 2025
Once a year we cheer this fear and get our fill, each chill a thrill. We’re children still down deep inside where we must hide from guts and gore galore.
October 24, 2025
Domestic Violence is real! Do you know how it feels? This is an appeal For us to STOP THE HATE, STOP THE RAPE…
October 23, 2025
The gangway connection door opened and a sable-haired woman seemed to float into the car. She wore a black Venetian gown with tangerine trim and a crown of naked branches festooned with marigolds. An onyx pendant dangled from her choker, reflecting the train’s fluorescent light.
October 23, 2025
October 22, 2025
An ancient crone’s nose pressed against the glass, inches from me. A scattering of teeth punctuated her mouth, and her eyes, devoid of expression, stared right through me.
October 22, 2025
“Haunted!” she cried as she ran to her car. The sound of your laughter echoing in the empty building.
October 20, 2025
And the flowers trampled, they’re still growing / And the heart that I broke is still beating.
October 19, 2025
At first she sees the blur of a rainbow-colored zephyr, then nothing. Then, as a shiny silver door appears with the name “Cafe X” in flashing bright neon, her heart shudders as she catches her breath.
October 18, 2025
Her old Poppy thought she was the best.
He wouldn’t trade her for all the rest, even when she put him to the test.
October 17, 2025
My dad believed in me. I wanted to be a writer, and he knew I could do it. I wasn’t sure how to get started, so […]
October 16, 2025
The wind whispers through the canyon, carrying dust, dreams, and the echoes of a bygone era. Some sought their treasures panning for gold. Some in the silver mines. Others came looking for a fresh start and hope in a new world…
Read the latest issue of The MockingOwl Roost, dedicated entirely to the rugged, romantic, and raw world of the Old West. Welcome to Yonder Goes the Tumbleweed.
October 12, 2025
Hello again Autumn. I thought it was you.When I opened the windows like I always doThe curtains went wild, dancing into the room.Arms sprouting goosebumps, I […]
October 9, 2025
It’s that time of year — when the ghouls come out to play with the creepy twins in the shadows of that old house on the hill. You know the one. Where the family gets all “creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky…” Yes, it’s October and time to get your ooky Halloween books list ready to indulge in some spooky fun!
October 9, 2025
As Rose ascends higher in society, she has to weigh what her own identity, status, and newfound wealth and influence can do for those women who are what she once was. Can she aspire to be the beneficial influence to them that others have been to her?
October 6, 2025
Unlike some movie musicals, such as My Fair Lady which placed dramatic actors in the main roles and either allowed them to do their singing best (Rex Harrison, who talked his way through most of his numbers) or actually dub, as in Marni Nixon's singing over Audrey Hepburn's lip-synching, Oklahoma placed actual singers in most of the roles.
October 5, 2025
The Bellfontaine Haunting by Marie Wilkins is a suspenseful and gripping supernatural thriller and murder mystery. It held me from the first page to the last with its story of the ghost of a deceased woman haunting a reporter and the cold case surrounding her death suddenly becoming hot and open.
October 4, 2025
“I am already less whole. To lose her would mean the full loss of myself. Please, this is the safest place in all of Andoria. I have nowhere else to go.”
October 3, 2025
“Faith is funny. The universe says ‘trust me,’ but trust doesn’t come easily. These days, like so many things, trust is tattered…”