Category: Featured Writing

Improbably and unlikely, yet it happened. How many people in Kansas know anyone from Uzbekistan? How many in Kansas even know Uzbekistan exists? How many know it’s a country? Very, … Continue reading KANSAS-UZBEK: Duaneaka / Hasanuka by Duane L. Herrmann

Dear little Duane, This letter will be hard to read. I want you to know that whatever happens to you, however much you will want things to be different, you … Continue reading Dear Little Duane by Duane L. Herrmann

The house I grew up in (age two to seventeen) was an old farm house dating to the end of the 19th century.  In the barn was a beam with … Continue reading Turn it Around by Duane L. Herrmann

I live on an Adirondack Mountain. When I look out of my front window, I see down the mountain. When I look out of my back window, I see up … Continue reading ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN: TOPSY TURVY by Edward Pontacoloni

“If you don’t return me to Earth,” I said, “who will clean my cats’ litter boxes?” The three aliens before me remained silent, electing to lounge on their floating metal … Continue reading Earth’s Next Triple Threat by Kyle A. Massa

We need both…the joy of the sense of sound; and the equally great joy of its absence.- Madeleine L’Engle Three reasons Aliens would send me back to earth are my … Continue reading Fa-la-la-la by June Kosier

You want to send me back to Earth? No! No!! NO!!! At least not to that place or time where I came from. If you can take me through space, … Continue reading Back to Earth by Duane L. Herrmann

Wilber loved the deep blue sea. When he swam atop the surface he would roll,play and then dive deep to the depths of the large bay. Wilber loved to swim … Continue reading Wilber Goes to Mars and Beyond by Dennis S Brogan

I dream, I dream. Haunted by my past life, I scream! I see, I see. My comrade being shot in front of me. I run, I run. Through the hot, … Continue reading Finally Free by Esther Schaffino