An Interview with Scott Russell Sanders
When I use the word unravel to describe the effect of human actions on Earth’s living systems, I’m invoking the metaphor of the web of life.
I’m One of Those Rock Collection Kids, by Natalie Davey
Today was the first day it really felt like spring, but spring doesn’t carry quite the same relief as it usually does
A Typical Week of Rural Disquiet by Chila Woychik
Oh, hello. You must be new here. First off, Iowa is weather and corn.
Candles in the Subway, by Bria McClain
They do not know day from night, under the screaming lights, but when the men leave and the bulbs go out, they dream.
Elephant Man: Notes on Science, Salvation, and the End of the World, by Ross West
The elephant collapses, shaking the ground, his rhythmic breath coming in “long rattling gasps.” The officer fires again.
Braving the Wilderness, by Leslie Sittner
We drive through the parking area and continue down to the pond. There’s not another soul anywhere to be seen or heard.
Vision, by Kayla Johnson
But as I look around at everyone in my house, I realize we all look the same.
Engraved, by Toti O’Brien
There are days when I can’t look at death in the face. Today was one of those and I didn’t know
Playing Augmented Reality Games on the Eve of a Mass-Extinction, by Storey Clayton
I was fascinated by this commitment to preferring a mixed virtual world to the real one, but perhaps I ought withhold judgment till I go a full day without playing Wizards Unite.
Holding Both, by Patty Somlo
Having relocated to countless places in my life, all but one of which I had never seen before moving there, I became adept at finding my way to and from wherever I needed to go.