Writing

Last summer when my father in law came from Ireland to visit, we took my daughters hiking in the Kaaterskill Wild Forest in upstate New...

 “They mixed henna with limes, roses, tea, and eucalyptus and let it simmer overnight, for henna’s hue reflects the strength of love of a...

Feature Image: Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene (1864), by Simeon Solomon According to the Ancient Greek poet Alcaeus of Mytilene, “No man sings...

J.R.R. Tolkien believed in fairies. At least, he as though they were real in his essay “On Fairy-Stories,” first given as the Andrew Lang...

Monodon Monoceros: one tooth, one horn. Or one toothed unicorn. Narwhals are dappled grey whales that live in the Arctic, wielding nine-foot-long tusks. Their remote,...

By Alice Hoffman Illustration by Charles Vess Article from the Autumn Issue #40 - Subscribe or Buy Issue The most glorious hour in Manhattan was when twilight...

Short Story from Issue #35 Summer 2016   This is the way she knew he was gone: The door was open. His boots were missing. The...

Look for her at midnight, as she twitches her nose and raises her head to the full moon, soft ears falling behind her. She...

Have you noticed that fairy tales aren’t really about fairies? J.R.R. Tolkien points this out in his essay “On Fairy-Stories.” Fairy tales, he says,...

The Peacock Skirt (1893), by Aubrey Beardsley If you’re anything like me, you might have increased in mass over the past eighteen months. While the...