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Poisonous by Morgan Songi

A Braided Essay
Australian adult Cane Toads are heavily-built amphibians with dry warty skin. They have a bony head and bony ridges that meet above the nose and eyes.  Large swellings – the parotoid glands – are located on each shoulder.  All stages of the Cane Toad's life-cycle are poisonous. The venom [...]

The Rose Glass – A One Act Play By Kem Roy Neal

CHARACTERS

Carmen Hamilton – Late thirties

Carman’s father, Franklin – Early sixties

SETTING
Carmen and her Father are in the living room of their small, lower-middle class, Alpena, Michigan home. It is snowing. They have just returned from the funeral of Mary Hamilton, wife/mother. On the coffee table is a wine colored goblet, with a [...]

Legends of Lala by Matthew Arnold

The series was created by award winning filmmaker and photographer, Matthew Arnold, who says, “I started thinking about La La, after photographing so many of the artists involved.  Musician are fascinating subjects, and they add so much to the value of our culture.” This project is the first web-based project for Arnold.  His first feature [...]

Stockholm Snoar (Stockholm Snow) by R.A. Freeman

          
 
The light in Stockholm Sweden where the sun graces the earth for as little as seven hours on the shortest day of the year has a sacred feeling in the early morning.  The stippling of the shadows in the snow, echo the cloud formation above as ephemeral moments.  The image was cropped to emphasize the [...]

In a Distant Glow by R.A. Freeman

Highland-Green Estate was a park of carburetors, illegal vapors, men named Meredith, women with cigars, S&H Green stamps– and mobile habitats that would never experience any true flight in “Free Bird”.
 

            Neither the song “Brown Sugar” nor J. T.’s “Sugar Trade” had any place along these dusty strips of road. 
            Chunks of rock salt [...]