Search—Our goals or choices in life are the essence of who we are. When we search out every possibility, removing all personal blocks, we are then well on our way to promoting every ability we have. We would love to read how your choices have made you distinctly who you are.

Overdosing at the Chuck E. Cheese
by Shannon Willitts

Like the street beggar who knows that she will never use the sterling candlesticks buried at the bottom of the filthy cart, they still represent her hope of what might be. That’s what my books, magazines, and journals mean to me, for though I can no longer retain what I read or assemble words into proper sentences, I have my own metaphorical silver buried within my canvas bag. It says softly… Maybe someday, maybe.

A Re-Reading of Mythical Characters in Short Stories of Shashi Deshpande
by Abha Shukla

By giving voice to these hitherto silent women characters Deshpande has given them a new lease on life. This is, as Valli Rao says, “… not a rejection of myths, but a meaningful and creative reinterpretation of them.”

Coming Together in God's Country
by Linda Oatman High

The pastoral hamlet of Nickel Mines, a village of 27 households, watched in somber grief as five funeral processions clip-clopped, numbers on buggies displaying the closeness of the loss.