This online journal celebrates the diverse voices from Laguna Writers, Birdland Retreats and workshops. In this issue, we present a collection of stories and prose poems where dialogue, both external and internal, follows our theme: Talk to Me. The voices of ten writers … Continue reading →

(An excerpt from a draft of the novel, Tesali and Lisbet) On the first day during morning recess, Tesali stood by herself on the edge of the school courtyard looking for a game to join or someone to talk to. … Continue reading →

Jamie met Sam at Wild Side West, a lesbian bar on Cortland Avenue. He didn’t like most bars and spent little time in them. Wild Side West was different.

My first travel experiences were all wrong. They looked nothing like the way travel is supposed to look, according to glossy magazine spreads featuring white sand beaches, Parisian cafés, and cruises down the Nile.

The three of them had been planning this trip for a year.

Yes, please invite me to dinner! I say that, but then I’ll ask you what you are making. Do you need a side dish? How about roasted Brussels sprouts with hazelnuts? The other day a good friend offered to make a birthday … Continue reading →

In theory, Sally knows she will not live forever. But how close can she get?

Tomorrow, I will finish organizing the coat closet Mopping the floors and baking a chocolate cake from scratch I will polish the furniture and dust the bookshelf. Tomorrow, I will have intelligent discourse

This piece was a response to a prompt given at the Grief and Healing Retreat. We were encouraged to personify both life and death, and imagine ourselves in a conversation with them: on a road trip, having afternoon tea, or … Continue reading →

The trick is not to panic when the words don’t come.

“When did you know you were gay?” Miles asked. So we were having that conversation.