I is She.
Sally Khan I is She. Enola. She could go days without actually speaking with anyone because the Voice inside My head would […]
Category: CNF
In The Shadow of a Bird
Shome Dasgupta Writer’s Note: I wrote this piece more so with the intentions of entering a stream of consciousness mentality. I like […]
Touchstone – A Cancer Diary, 2014
Susmita Bhattacharya (First published in The University of Winchester Writers’ Festival – The Best of 2016) Writer’s Note: I wrote this essay […]
Two CNF Pieces: ‘Letters From Loved Ones’ and ‘Grasshoppers’
Caroline Bock Writer’s Note: These works were jumpstarted in an asynchronous workshop ‘Less is More’ run by Sarah Freligh, a master teacher […]
A Thing With Fur
Sherri Turner I have been waiting for you, Mr. Fox. I knew you would come when you were ready, that wild […]
Music Lesson
Anthony D’Aries Don’t tell your four-year-old son how Marvin Gaye died. Unless you want to answer questions about fathers and guns and […]
Ferris Wheel
Ashley Espinoza My dad shows me an entire photo album of my mom pregnant with me. It’s weird, my dad has never […]
Cold Comfort
Laura Pike I lie in bed, shivering in cold sheets, waiting for the nightly crumb of her affections in an otherwise […]
Sirens
Jennifer Furner Whenever I hear sirens, I think of Sister Liska, the older-than-dirt nun from my childhood parish (may she rest […]
When the Organ Player from Schmitt Music Stops You After Your Shift on Holy Saturday to Say You’re Terribly Beautiful
Elizabeth Fletcher You’re on the second-floor concourse when it happens. It’s one level up from the music store and neighboring one-hour […]
The During is a Deep, Wide Pit
Lindsey Neely I knew last night that today would suck but I watched the testimony anyway because you have to know […]
Hot Girl Summer For Nerds Who Love Too Hard
Avery Nguyen You don’t know how to hook up with me and I don’t know how to hook up with you. Just […]
postpartum rage
Vic Nogay in a vision, i hit her. her giggles go silent, her lights short out, the synapses fold as the twinkle […]
Do You Remember the Secret We Share?
Jaya Wagle Editor’s Note from Sudha Balagopal: This CNF by Jaya Wagle drew me in from the very first sentence. This story […]
The Devil You Know (TW: Abuse)
Ariel M. Goldenthal Editorial note from Sara Siddiqui: In very few words, Ariel shows us the day-to-day, minute-to-minute struggle of an almost-twelve-year-old […]
A Percussion of Bones
Victoria Buitron Editor’s Note from Janice Leagra: I asked Victoria if she had any pieces to submit because I am drawn to […]
That Doggie in the Window
Stephanie Austin Editor’s note from Sudha Balagopal: Stephanie Austin’s creative non-fiction is at once poignant and loving. In That Doggie in the […]
The Red Dress
Gina Harlow Editorial note from Sara Siddiqui: Sometimes, after the death of a loved one, you might hear things about them from […]
My Body of Work
Hannah Storm When I was little, my favourite season was autumn. It was when the trees turned the colour of my hair. […]
The Ousterbout
E.E. Rhodes The day is spike-sprackled and winter-glorious, the neighbours are primed, and Gran is squawking fit to burst her way out […]
Speech and Language Milestones
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris Between 0-6 months babies should coo, begin babbling and mimic sounds Heart rate dipping, something about the umbilical cord around […]
When the Scarves Fell
Katie Piper Grandad sat in the chair he always retired to after Sunday dinner. It had slender, polished arms and his […]
