The Statement of Elliot C. Siskin By JACK PENCILLE He was the type to forget he was supposed to be dead. Let me clarify, Officer, I loved Lawrence like nothing else. He was my soul and my heart, the love of my life and the thorn in my side. He was loving but clingy, always...Read More
Heart Shot By Douglas Bootes Old Man Jenkins mumbles, “First day of season,” as he chips the plastic seal of a Jack Daniel’s fifth with a yellow, black-seamed thumbnail. Call it ritual, medicine, or tradition, whiskey’s the way. He’s taken the first buck in Shamokin Valley twenty-three years in a row, and this one will...Read More
Primal Psychosis By Jack Pencille It happens slowly, as most infections do. There’s a bite somewhere you overlook, healed before you can connect the dots. Then come the night terrors and sweating, a dryness of mouth and a hunger for something. Of course, you just roll over, check the time on your phone (lately it’s...Read More
By KATHERINA DEITER People are mesmerized by the unknown. The cryptic reasons behind the disturbing noises that echo in empty halls in our houses at night and the brush of a hand on the back of our necks frighten us, and at the same time, intrigue us as curious beings. Read More
by VERONICA A. CLARK The Woman in White haunts riverbeds, The Man in the Hat haunts bedrooms, and a handsome, hooved stranger haunts dancehalls. And the question often arises: are these ghostly encounters fact or fiction?Read More
by VERONICA A. CLARK The controversial Keystone XL pipeline was vetoed by President Obama on Nov. 6. Protests likely influenced President Obama’s decision, according to Bineshi Albert, board member of the Indigenous Environmental Network and Indigenous liberal studies major at IAIA.Read More
By ANNE MCDONNELL I have a friend named Carrie who writes about climate change where she lives on an island in British Columbia. She thinks about it. She cries about it. And she navigates decisions in her life by a magnetic climate needle, telling her how much carbon she is allowed, telling her not to...Read More
