North America

While driving through Yellowstone National Park, a couple find themselves in uncertain territory. There were signs all over Yellowstone showing little stick-figure men being gored and thrown bodily through the…

A woman undertakes a cross-country road trip across the US to return to her childhood home to care for her aging mother. This story was chosen as the winner of the…

A traveler and his wife set out in search of a park in Toluca, Mexico, only to end up in the middle of a dangerous encounter with drunken strangers. This…

A traveler observes the changes of the Elwha River years after two dams were removed. Winter had begun to settle on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, and thick snow had covered the…

While snorkeling through a shipwreck site in the Bahamas, a traveler glimpses a dorsal fin moving amongst the wreckage. The rusted carcass of the S.S. Sapona jutted out of the…

As he relives a day spent in Northern California, a traveler reflects on what may have been his happiest moment. Recently, a short story I read maybe thirty years ago…

A photojournalist observes life in rural Oklahoma while following the story of a local execution.Cover photo: East of McCord, Oklahoma, 4:15pm, October 28th, 2021. All photos credit: B.A. Van Sise.…

A lone boot being tossed on the waves near a traveler’s hotel on the Isla Mujeres off Cancun leads to a chance meeting with the object’s owner. There was a…

Like every writer, I moved to New York City to chase a dream. Writers have always flocked to New York City. Disciplined pros and naïve amateurs, aspiring wordsmiths and veteran…