Tag: adirondack center for writing

I inhale the wood stove’s output and I’m home, not a masked and gloved guest inside the father’s home of a student I support. The father speaks of backdrafts and … Continue reading Smoke Rising, 2020 Edition by S.L. Parker

Most things he says don’t make much sense these days. He sleeps a lot―maybe three or four naps each day. He eats little. He’s supposed to drink at least three … Continue reading Senseless by Leslie Sittner

I dislike pink; not the entertainer, but the color. It has been my least favorite color for years and will probably always will be.As a little girl, I much preferred … Continue reading Pink by June Kosier

July 24 started out like any other ordinary yet crazily hectic day. Then, I had a hemorrhagic stroke. My life as it was, ended, but a new one began. I … Continue reading Hemorrhagic Stroke by Janet Burl

I stabbed the night square in theback—I was wearing a bigpurple smirk.then I decided it was again time to leaveforanothertown. I had finally arrived at the place ofdead roadsbroken, empty, … Continue reading The errant path by Christopher Bruno

Our mother became pregnant for the fourth time when I was six and my brother was two. As she became larger and larger the summer became hotter and hotter. There … Continue reading Games my Brother Played by Duane L. Herrmann

I’m studying how memory works. Memories are reconstructive. The brain uses many parts to recreate a memory, collecting the scent of a distant storm, with the movement of a gauzy … Continue reading Gift of Forgiveness by Mara Lefebvre

Only those who are the most migratory remain here.Nothing is urgent.It is a strange comfort to move about in a city,wild and bristling with lights.Then the twilight turns violet and … Continue reading Places (Abridged) by Linda Freedland

mild scandal of thethe time outshonewhat succeeded it.people’s memoriescaused what used tobe known asThe Great Warto be outshone bya countryside scandal. The scandal outshone amild outbreakin the autumn beforeThe Great … Continue reading Scandal by Mary Perrin Scott