Melusine and the sea
STORY | Melusine and The Sea (a wee tale for wee people by Jen Selk) Melusine lived in a little place, overlooking an enormous sea. And she didn’t like it. She was afraid of the water. She ...
This woman’s work
ESSAY | We need to talk about work. I need to talk about work. Women’s work. This woman’s work. I just read a beautiful essay in the Paris Review. It’s entitled, Fuck the Bread. The ...
Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall
BLOG | Happy fucking birthday to me! And to this website! Have you noticed it looks a little different these days? Yep. A mere 13 years after launching, I have finally gotten around to getting ...
Little ol me, Pushcart Prize nominee
NEWS | Welp! This is a surprise. The very kind and wonderful folks over at Dead Housekeeping (who published my little flash memoir piece about my grandmother back in May), have nominated that ...
3-Day Novel Contest under new management
WRITING | The 3-Day Novel Contest isn’t yet a money-maker, but new independent owners say, hey, you never know. Some writers spend years working on their novels. Decades, even. And sometimes that ...