The Last Wound

Detective Roy Winder goes to college on the Fourth of July to investigate the arson death of a professor of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies.

Transit

I experienced my first water crossing at the age of eight. My father made it happen.

Now I Lay Me Down

My name is Roy Winder. I’m a homicide detective. I investigate suspicious deaths, collect evidence, and work to solve cases. But, putting two and two together doesn’t always add up to a solve a mystery, as in my last case. . . a short story.

The End is Year

2025. Those of us striving to maintain the good, the true, the beautiful, and our precious homeland felt a hard-to-name force displacing us from the “past, people, place, and prayer” (Kingsnorth).

Incarnation Day

Three Luci Shaw poems for Incarnation Day.

America Reflagged

Tom knew when he woke up that morning that it was Fourth of July. . .

Ramparts

A few days before he would lay down his life to deal with the problem of evil, Jesus made the ascent to Jerusalem, not Rome. When he came near and saw the city, he wept over it. The city of peace would reject the Prince of Peace for the preservation of antipathy to any rule but its own.

Birding

As they neared the trees, Grandpa stopped and brought the binoculars to his eyes. He then handed them to Toby. “What do you see in that tree?” Grandpa pointed.