Eyes wide, legs quivering, sweat glistening, she feels ready to heave. The thick dusty red curtain brushes against her hands but provides no relief. “Why can’t I do this?” rolls from her dry parched lips. Panic and desperation enter her heart like a flash flood. She longingly watches from the side. Her conflicted soul jolts alive with the increasing brilliance of the lights above. Never stepping into view, her shadow begins to spin and sway to the music. Behind the curtain she stands dreaming of the day she too will be the one in the spotlight.
Genres
Print & Digital Issues
Featuring:
Issue 110, published April 2024, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and visual art by Seo Jin Ahn, John M. Blodgett, Roger Camp, Teresa Hyoju Chang, Sarah Chavera Edwards, Mark Connelly, Mark Crimmins, Elias Diakolios, Kim Farrar, Steve Fay, Sam Graham, Sydney Greiner, Angie Hexum, Ken Hines, Richard Holinger, Aidan J Hong, Diane Hueter, Kathryn Jordan, Jian Kim, Jihu Kim, Josef Krebs, Linda Laderman, Nicholas Mayo, Martha Nance, Larena Nellies-Ortiz, Gloria Demasi Nixon-John, Edie Noesser, Larry Oakner, Yeobin Park, Eric Roy, Claire Scott, Cindy Sams, Vimla Sriram , Maxwell Tang, Jim Tilley, Katherine Tunning, William J Waters, Ian Wells, and Stephen Curtis Wilson.