Nonfiction
by Karen Lamberton.
“The ‘General Slocum,’ was the biggest and fastest harbor day-liner. That day, about 2,000 passengers, embarked for an annual Sunday School excursion.”
by Sheila Kohler.
“I understand these were commercial jetliners, not ICBMs, that split the steel and glass of the World Trade Center. Someone, a person, had a long-standing vision, intentions, imagined the explosions and death that would follow.”
by Alexander Schuhr.
“Tonton Charles was not a great man. He had not led an inspirational life. In fact, he had spent little of it sober.”
by Deborah Thompson.
“Houdi pawed at the student’s thighs and, despite his heart condition, displayed one of his inopportune erections, which the vet student chose not to acknowledge.”
by Emily Rapp.
“Welcome to Namibia! The battered wooden sign stood at the edge of a highway that was strewn with piles of twisted, smoking metal.”
by Sandy Woodson.
“For Descartes, the pineal gland is a magical place where our souls and personality and identity shimmer in a night sky.”
by Sheila Kohler.
“For a moment my sister seemed to hesitate, standing in the ghostly light of the moon, as though she were considering going back.”
by Seth Carey.
“When they suggested one more blood test, since ‘maybe you’re lucky and you just have AIDS,’ I knew that the absolute worst thing was for real.”
by Charles Barber.
“A thousand men each year sit in the black chair next to my desk. I am a mental health worker at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter.”