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Buying Pencils

Marc Meierkort introduces us to the young girl who sold Van Gogh his art supplies and her memories of the great artist.
The Omphalos of Pritchard McCovey

This story follows Pritchard McCovey as he reflects on moments of his life, bouncing between the good times and the bad.
Two Tragedies

M.S. Rooney takes the time to remind us of the tragedies of Sodom and Gomorrah, and how unforgiving nature can be.

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It Doesn’t Cost Anything to Promise Love

Ruth must clean out her deceased Aunt Fanny’s apartment and in the process uncovers the truth about Fanny’s “married man” and how an affair ended in a murder.
The Stranger in the Box

Sara Etgen-Baker is digging through her grandmother’s attic one day and comes across a box of old photographs of ancestors she’s never met. She learns about their past, their family, and their adventure that led her family to travel from Germany to America.
The King’s Well

Rebecca Pyle takes us on a magical journey in search of the king’s well.
The Velvet Album

Barbara Krasner explores an album left behind by her deceased grandmother, whom she has never met.
Fine Arts

In this poem Gayane M. Haroutyunyan explores the lives and struggles of some of the most famous artists of the past and present.
The Testimony

This poem by Diane G. Martin memorializes her Great Aunt Lillian’s days as a flapper driving around in her sleek Packard.
The Indian Army in the First World War

The film documents research being carried out by participants from the local Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim community. Here they develop display panels for a touring museum exhibition. They also access archive material previously unseen, and some not explored for 100 years or more, while reflecting on the involvement of the Indian Army during WW1.
The Alchemist’s Bench

In this fiction piece by Josh Woods, a professor in Missouri buys a glossy black wooden bench adorned with ornate letters of the Persian alphabet at a garage sale for a dollar. The catch? The owner says it’s cursed.
Opening a Closed Book

A small box of family treasures given to Gayla Mills by her father sparks a journey through the generations.