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February 11, 2026

Trace of Snow

Back on December 5th, 2025, I awoke to a minus-1 inch snow after the weatherman had called for a couple of inches the day before. It wasn’t enough to really cover anything; just a trace, kind of like one of those trace elements listed on the Periodic Table of Elements, of which of each, there... Read More
Essays
February 6, 2026

The Karma-Lita Check Ride

“Hank Benson, why are you accompanying me on a client call?” Karma-Lita floored the gas pedal. Her fingers drummed the steering wheel. She shot an unfriendly look at the man in the passenger seat, clutching his seatbelt with one hand and the handgrip above the window with the other. “Karma-Lita, you are a long-term employee... Read More
Fiction
February 4, 2026

 Bridging Lived Experiences and Imagination

When Mike Wiley takes the stage at Piedmont Arts in Martinsville on March 26, he won’t just be performing a one-man show about baseball legend Jackie Robinson. He’ll be coming home. A Roanoke native, Wiley has spent decades transforming historical narratives into visceral theatrical experiences. For him, the stage has never been merely a platform... Read More
Cover Features
January 12, 2026

Ample

Contentment pervades those parts of me I can’t reach, can’t touch unless I ride deep breaths into my quiet heart or my relaxing mind when it slips into a neutral channel where pressure never can invade. There, I find peace, its wellspring.
Poet's Corner
January 12, 2026

 The Ice Cream Man

Even though our winters might not be what they once were, especially the ones remembered by us “Boomers” of the 1950s and 60s, the fact that all of the leaves have fallen and been sucked up by the “great vacuums” of Danville’s department of public works by January is a sure indicator that Nature is... Read More
Essays
January 9, 2026

Meeting Karma-Lita

(Scene: Karma-Lita is a Karma Delivery Professional. Her personal motto is “Get karma’d.” Today she’s carrying a big book and delivering karma to George, an unsuspecting victim who works the night shift.) Karma-Lita (singing it out): Ring-a-ding-ding in there, Apartment 2-C! It’s not nice to keep Karma-Lita waiting in the hallway! Open the door and... Read More
Fiction
January 6, 2026

The Birth of American Traiku

Some people choose writing. For Barry Koplen, writing chose him. “It was a covenant,” Koplen explains, describing the inexplicable pull he felt toward the written word since childhood. “I simply could not disregard it.” Yet for decades, he couldn’t understand why. While other kids enjoyed football and crafts, young Barry found equal joy in putting... Read More
Cover Features
December 16, 2025

Bold

Not only a typeface, but also a massive gesture, daunting to ignore, revealing as a Christmas tree hung from buildings indicates significant steps toward its completion. Too, a daring kiss, a stolen embrace, new love.
Poet's Corner
December 9, 2025

Glitter Glints

Recently, I did some shopping at the Dollar Tree in Danville Plaza II on Mount Cross Road across from Walmart. While standing in the checkout line, I watched as the cashier rang up the purchases of several customers in front of me. These “Dollar Tree treasures” were of a Christmas Season nature; plastic branches and... Read More
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