by Admin | Nov 21, 2023 | MT No. 17 Articles
Fatima Saadat Broken Branches Okay, here is one of my secrets: when I am alone in my room, I talk to my plants. I hug them and kiss the buds. Sometimes, I punish them too, and prevent them from getting sunlight and water, pretending I am Mother Nature. I...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2023 | MT No. 17 Articles
Stephen Kiernan Excerpt from The Glass Chateau In the valley lay the river, winking like a flirt in the afternoon sun. Where Asher found the energy, he could not say. Perhaps it came from the soap he held under his nose during the walk. But by the time he...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2023 | MT No. 17 Articles
Clifford Brooks Poems from the new collection Old Gods This Weeping Affliction Worry, memory wound like an 8-day clock. Awake—my will, a fetching corpse fidgeting—never still. I do not ask you to understand. Dawn, daybreak, the cock— it makes my mouth lock on the...
by Admin | Nov 15, 2023 | MT No. 17
Sponsored by Cover Background Art by Morgan Ryan | morganryancreative.com DIRECTOR’S CUT The STORYTELLING Issue Let me tell you some stories. In 1851, Melville published what he knew to be his masterpiece, Moby Dick, and watched as the world yawned. Not only...
by Admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Author Series, Uncategorized
1455’s Author Series continues with Stephen Kiernan, who will read from The Glass Chateau. EVENT DETAILS DECEMBER 12 | 6:00 PM EST | FREE VIRTUAL EVENT 1455’s Founding Director Sean Murphy will speak with Stephen about this book and the craft of fiction,...