[ z ē ' n ĭ t h ]   -noun   1. an arch wherethrough gleams that untraveled world...

The Big Blue

The Big Blue

Innocence and experience reach a precarious tipping point when a day of skipping school ends with two girls hitchhiking to New Mexico.
Constrictive

Constrictive

The pursuit of hollow ideals slowly strangles one man in this ominous and brooding piece.
How to Stay in the Room (Part 1)

How to Stay in the Room (Part 1)

A full-time writer shares her secrets to staying organized, from writing software to spreadsheets.
One

One

A photographer comes to terms with old memories through a series of moody, narrative snapshots.
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my shoes have molasses all over them

my shoes have molasses all over them

i'd like to take this moment to observe that in st. petersburg the sun shines about a thousand hours less than it does in boston, every winter.
Mount Saint Helens Did Not Erupt on My Birthday

Mount Saint Helens Did Not Erupt on My Birthday

Three siblings gather to discuss committing their hypochondriac mother.
A Break in a Journey

A Break in a Journey

Like snails who find the shells cumbersome, we gave in, to the lilac above.
i don't know what to call it

i don’t know what to call it

no, that's what i want to call the. that's the book's. i'm titling it. nevermind. (a video reading of two pieces.)
How Is It, Bronwen

How Is It, Bronwen

Childhood innocence and the impending emergence of wisdom are explored through the imagery of a young girl's smile.
In Defense of Longhand

In Defense of Longhand

Barbara Christina on what's to be gained from trading keyboards for pen and ink.
Cover Letter for The Cabin

Cover Letter for The Cabin

This overwrought cover letter to a prospective publisher details one novelist's childhood, writing process and condiment obsession.
Spruced Up

Spruced Up

On co-existence and its discontents.
Softly

Softly

girls are like triangles / pointed, mean and angry
Subject

Subject

A film crew hired to document a wealthy child's life gets shaken up when the boy joins their crew on his sixteenth birthday.
Writer's Block Buster: Think Inside a Box

Writer’s Block Buster: Think Inside a Box

Because ideas only seem to strike in the shower, our columnist attempts to break free of writer's block by confining herself to a similar small space.
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah i wanna get pepper sprayed

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah i wanna get pepper sprayed

my girlfriend thinks i'm projecting.