by Daniel A. Silverstein Every time we enter a new space, our perspective must change. Without adapting to our surroundings, the world can break us. Space refers not only to …
Atypical Muses
Category: Non-Fiction
The Bruxist
by David Reames I started having panic attacks again. I find discussing panic attacks—particularly my own—outside of any clinical context, rather tiresome, even boring. The experience really only pops …
My First Date Since the Last Century
by Cathy Kozlowicz Whenever I tell people I haven’t had a date this century, there is a stunned silence—followed by, why? “My career,” I reply. The last time …
A Hidden Gem Toward Unity
by Kathy J. Chen Like all other stories of disease, disaster, and suffering, this one is no different. And like every one of those stories, this one begins with the …
Earthworms & Champagne
by Emily P.G. Erickson I couldn’t stop looking. It was a picture, taken this pandemic summer, of two people at a bar. One was a friend from my suburban …
An Old Phone Strengthens a New Relationship
by Angela Barbuti “Is this Angela from eharmony?” Cosimo asked when I picked up the phone for our first call. “Who else could it be?” I asked, already amused. …