When William stepped into the attic, he didn’t see her at first. He moved slowly into the open space filled with old sofas and torn chaises, mismatched headboards and footboards, trunks and empty picture frames and rusted dress forms. The ceiling soared impossibly high above him. Hanging from the rafters were thin veils of some…
Staff Work – Love Yourself
While this is an article on the topic of faith written from the Christian tradition, the Same is open to articles about faith written from any religious tradition. Please feel free to submit yours! When you are immersed in a philosophy or a mindset, you internalize the messages whether intended or otherwise. Especially when you are a…
Book Review – In the Days of Rain
Cults—something readers associate with the barren countryside of America, lonely families tucked deep in the woods, cut off from all other civilisation. Yet Rebecca Stott’s wonderful creative non-fiction, In the Days of Rain, shows us that the reality is far from our shared perceptions. She takes us into the intricate and hidden world of an…
The Little Things – Microwork
A Wish Come True After that spring, despite pretty blossoms, Lexi never felt safe again. Months later, cross-legged on the grass on a bright summer’s day, she copies her older cousin, chubby fingers squashing petals of daisies in poor imitation of “he loves me, he loves me not”. When her uncle hunkers beside her, she…
Issue 9.4 – Nonfiction
Excerpt from Smoke the Clouds & Drink the Moon My mother, at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, befriending a homeless band of liquored-up musicians on a summer day both haunts and delights me. It is 1995: Tom Hanks coins the phrase from Apollo 13: Houston, we have a problem. The Soup Nazi from Seinfeld makes his…
Issue 9.4 – Fiction
Matthew Kowalski stood over the kitchen sink and ate bacon. He let the crumbs fall into the porcelain basin and turned on the faucet to wash them away. His wife, Karen, usually made a big breakfast Sunday mornings for him and their boy, Ruby, but three weeks ago they’d helped him move into his dorm…
Issue 9.4 – Poetry
I was sixteen, working late at Hested’s department store pressing clothes on their hangers with hot mist from an ancient machine. You had to be careful not to burn yourself. The boss asked if I wanted to get a bite to eat, and then he’d drive me home. He was our neighbor, my mom…
Serial – Through a Mirror Clear – Ch 3
William often took Serena with him to visit his great-aunt. She sat politely on the edge of the bed, listening to Sylvie’s chatter as if humoring a child. She always seemed wary of touching anything in the room, and clung to William as they passed through the hallways. The residents of the home seemed to…
Ten Incredible Books by Women of Color
As the editor of a literary journal dedicated to promoting the work of women writers, I try to be conscientious and diverse in the work I present in the journal. For the Same, that means we want to be sure to represent the work of marginalized female voices which are underrepresented in the literary world—women of color, lesbian/bisexual…
Book Review – The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is one book that can easily be tagged as “The need of the hour”. It tells us a very important story with a tender and poignant voice. There are many things we tend to take for granted in life, and this moving portrayal of #Blacklivesmatter actually shows the…
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