At the Same we love connecting readers with authors, and, today, we interviewed author, Susan Kite. We’re excited to introduce her books, My House of Dreams, The Mendel Experiment, Blue Fire, and Power Stone of Alogol, with readers around the world! the Same: Tell us about yourself! Susan Kite: I grew up all over. My dad was in the Army (making me…
Serial – Little River – Chapter 4
Sweat dripped down Abigail’s back, as she flipped the burgers on the grill. She had left for home as soon as church was over that morning, while her husband, Jonathan, stayed behind. She was attempting to get lunch on the table without heating up the kitchen in the old parsonage. “Mama?” Nine-year-old Olivia was…
A Word from the Editor
Welcome to Issue 3.4! We have one small announcement this week. We are now again open to poetry submissions! So, if you’ve been waiting to send us your poetry, wait no longer! We look forward to reading your beautiful words. Don’t forget our Short Story and Nonfiction contests! There are only four days left to…
Issue 3.4 – Nonfiction
As I settle into a comfortable reading position, legs up on the bench, book in hand, and phone at a considerable distance away from me, three young women approach me. “We’re taking a survey for our class. Would you be interested in answering a few questions?” “Sure.” I state my name and consent to being…
Issue 3.4 – Fiction
One moment, I’m standing at the bar thinking of Brandon’s hand in my back pocket ordering us his go-to cheap beer. The next, I have two cheap beers in my hand and no one’s hand in my pocket. A wave of stress crashes, leaving me coughing up water while I hold onto my beer buoys….
Issue 3.4 – Poetry
The spectrum of truth unbinds perceptions If you listen carefully, there is verity under every lie that salts our wounds Like the breaker- that seasons beaches of grit and unease contains real kelp of solid green Unpatterned, unbidden our weaknesses sing tales of truth These seahorses of our caged soul anemones, that we tame in…
Serial – Little River – Chapter 3
Titus Schillings was tired. He was only thirty-four, but he felt at least ten years older. Twenty on a bad day. Physically, he was the picture of perfect health. Tall and lean, he was a natural runner. In high school, he had ran cross country. Now, he ran every morning before work on the…
A Word from the Editor
Welcome to Issue 3.3! After experiencing some technical difficulties, we’re finally launching this new issue into the world a few hours late. We hope it will be worth the wait! Please don’t forget our Short Story and Nonfiction Contests. The deadline is swiftly approaching! There are only 10 days left to get your submissions to…
Issue 3.3 – Nonfiction
First appeared in The Manifest-Station Even now, all these years later, I have a recurring dream about driving alone around Madison, lost and trying to find my way home. I am driving around hills, the lake always on one side. It all looks so familiar but I am not sure I am heading in…
Issue 3.3 – Fiction
She makes it all the way into the room before realizing her mistake. Standing in the doorway, her arms stacked with fresh laundry, she blinks in the dim light, rubbing at her nose. Dust from the closed-up room rushes toward her and she sneezes. She shakes her head. How silly and absent-minded she’s getting….
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