In Thomas Elson's flash fiction His Butterfly, a seventy-eight-year-old man momentarily escapes his physical ailments and current reality, reverting to a traumatic childhood memory. As he navigates a familiar pharmacy, ...
In Alan Bern's short fiction "Meira and the Iron Stove," the past and present intertwine as Meira reveals her deep-seated aversion to stoves, a phobia rooted in a traumatic summer ...
With heartbreaking imagery, Amanda Valerie Judd's "I Am Free" portrays the internal struggle after escaping an oppressive relationship. The poem captures the battle between newfound freedom and enduring psychological scars.
