This may open me to accusations of being lazy, picky, snobby, or not snobby enough, but here’s what I wish for in a litmag I’m going to submit my work to: 1) […]
Literary Magazine Wishes
Things Long Yearned For
I asked some of my women writer friends what they wished for. Here are their answers—some serious, some not, all interesting, and altogether, a found poem. Be sure to click on their […]
November: What We Wish For
Do you always make a wish when you notice it’s 11:11? When you find an eyelash? On the first star of the night? Do you seek out wishing wells, dream of […]
Cassadaga
By Susan Lilley When the clutch pops on the cemetery hill, I ask for directions and find out they don’t like to be called fortune-tellers. And here is the low, vine-swallowed cottage […]
Whispers to My Mother
By Karen Price Mother. Oh mother. Before I drew breath you knew me. You whispered (deep whirs) whispered my name in your sleep. When my father ascended from his pit of bright […]
Daisy Razor
By Melissa Carroll I collect fears like dead butterflies tacked in glass cases. Oh, my sweet catalogue of fears: of what others think of me, of not being good enough, of my […]
Dogs and the Dead
Here’s a little overachiever story about Halloween in Pennsylvania, raising a daughter alongside two dogs, sewing the perfect costume, carving the perfect pumpkins (that’s right–plural!), and wondering what it all means. It’s […]
A Scare in the Air
I had never before thought I was going to die. I was in one situation where I hoped I wouldn’t die.  I was a teenager, riding in a car with my two […]
Siren Says: Donna Cavanagh
Each week we’ll feature cool, creative women we admire in a new segment called “Siren Says.” We’ll ask them a quick question or two based on that month’s theme. October’s theme is […]
Seeking psychic guidance in Cassadaga
Most tourists who visit Central Florida are seeking the quintessential, happy-go-lucky day with Mickey. But there’s another tourist mecca tucked away in the woods less than an hour northeast of Disney that […]
The Gloria Sirens 