I’ve been thinking a lot about our conversation tonight, about what we talked about when we talked about death, about how the mortuary as I always knew it is gone now, moved down the street to the old car dealership where I was propositioned by a man three times my age when I asked him…
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Serial – Through a Mirror Clear – Ch 8
“Someone’s been after Malcolm Eckert’s flowers.” William’s grandmother said that night as she laid the table for supper. He was sitting in the parlor armchair, listening to his grandmother’s radio, missing the television sitcoms he watched during the school year. At his grandmother’s words, he lifted his head sharply, then lowered it again when she…
Interview – A Mother-Daughter Connection
When the Same first came into being, it was as an idea for a space for women to share their own stories and those of women whose stories they wanted to share with the world. In the beginning, we thought we would only publish nonfiction and interviews. While we’ve expanded our vision to encompass many more forms…
Book Review – Silver Sparrow
I recently read An American Marriage, a New York Times Bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick by Tayari Jones, and, immediately upon finishing it, I started searching for another book by Jones. I discovered Silver Sparrow, which I had only briefly heard about on a book podcast I listen to. I think I loved Silver Sparrow even more than…
The Little Things – My Mother’s Voice
My Mother’s Voice My mother’s voice is smog sunsets and matzo balls diet coke with ice. On the phone our accents twin and twine round vowels, hard Gs, the hiss of a long S. Ashley Herzig is a poet from Long Island, Ny. She is currently taking far too long to complete…
Short Story Contest Finalists
We are excited to announce our list of finalists for our first Themed Short Story Contest! The finalists are listed in no particular order, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, July 4th. Congratulations to all our finalists! We’ve so enjoyed reading your work! Shades of Undecided by Colleen Rothman You’re Here Now by Lisa Cupolo…
Issue 10.4 – Nonfiction
The first time I held my daughter only one thought went through my mind: how did I ever create something so beautiful? I was thirty-four when I had Harper and until I met my husband just two years before, I wanted nothing to do with motherhood. To me being a parent meant the end of…
Issue 10.4 – Fiction
Oh, how she loved these summer days, still, even after these many years. Years during which entire wars had been fought, diseases conquered, and planets walked upon. Even seen in that broad landscape, a summer day was still a thing unto itself, perfect in its promise, in its ability to make you believe it would…
Issue 10.4 – Poetry
Because that summer my arms finally grew long enough, my grandmother showed me how to brace myself for the shot. With the butt end pressed against me, I stretched my fingers to the trigger, positioned my target in the valley of the site. I stared down the gun barrel at an Orange Crush can propped…
Serial – Through A Mirror Clear – Ch 7
“I want you to take this.” William sat in the armchair beside Sylvie’s bed. He’d helped her from her wheelchair and pulled the curtains closed to block the glare of the setting sun. Her room was filled with knick knacks and trinkets she’d brought with her from home. Some of the paintings he remembered from…
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