By Henry Ahrabi “…O ye of little faith…” – Matthew 6:30   It all was easy enough to remember: a world of blood in the water, the infestation of small things, and the cloudy shape that none of us have forgotten with folded wings. Cloud and fire, rock and water, heaven’s bread, but the sea closed back, and so did our stony hearts, hardening to distrust, and to action.   It all … Continue reading Creative Writing Awards: “Work Out Your Own Salvation”

By Alexandra Comus Look at the sun, it is sinking; the forest revives with the moon’s rise. Crickets begin their long vigil; a crisp, dreamlike air that awakens primeval fey in the twilight; their shapes melting out from the gnarled oak toward shadows dancing, contrasting bark bathed in ambrosial firelight. Nearing the center, a drum-beat quickens its warlike concussions; forms brushing swiftly past bushes, gripped … Continue reading Creative Writing Awards: “Μαινάδες” (Maenads)