Night of Whiskey Hazes
Stumbling down the alley the soldier glanced up and down at the shining stars filling the valley. Of course, it was not the best site […]
Articles by Merrin Brick
2nd Blackbird Review Art Contest
The Blackbird Review’s second comic art contest focused on the classics: Sci-Fi and Fantasy! Working with the art department, students were taught about the characteristics […]
Beth’s Hour
The second place story in the 7th annual Voorheesville Short Story Contest, Hannah Lewis’s “Beth’s Hour” takes this year’s theme of customs in a new […]
Where We Go From Here
The third place story in the 7th annual Voorheesville Short Story Contest, Rachel Pahl’s “Where We Go From Here,” engages with this year’s theme of […]
Solace in Saltwater and Lime
Today we print the second of our top five stories in the 7th annual Voorheesville Short Story Contest, Krista Rivers’s “Solace in Saltwater and Lime.” […]
Peace Sells
Today marks the publication of the first of our top five stories in the 7th annual Voorheesville Short Story Contest, Peter Ruhren’s “Peace Sells.” The […]
The Tear-Stained Terrain; All was you
I exist too much, think too much, Stumble too often over hills of stocky emotionWhich don’t, as I hoped, hinder my reality to flood or concave […]
Reflections
“close your eyes,” my therapist says to me.“picture your monster. tell me what you see.” i know what she wants me to say. she wants […]