Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA A Summer Night Visual Art by JC Alfier Visual Art This image orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 20. Face­book Insta­gram Enve­lope Link HOME ABOUT Support Submit © 2024 Stonecoast Review. Indi­vid­ual copy­rights held by con­trib­u­tors. The…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Like A Song Poetry By Michael Lauch­lan We were shin­gling in the driz­zle­of another century—I guesswe needed the money—and Mel­called out. He was sliding toward the eaves on the far side­un­til Jerry rose and stretched down­from the peak…

By Claire O’Halloran
The distant hum of an approach­ing vehicle cuts through the quiet of West­more, Vermont. It vibrates off the frozen mid­night air, air that is charged and heavy with soon-to-fall snow, air that holds more promise than the mess of metal and wire in front of me. I toss the instruc­tion manual onto my desk, happy for an excuse to stop reading. It is meant to be a camera. A “fool­proof” gift from my son that will record outdoor wildlife while I sleep. I leave the pieces where they are and head to the front door.

By Sydney Lea
This guy from the Nether­lands grated on me and on all our doc­tor­al peers when­ev­er, with his heavily accent­ed but perfect English, he held forth in our Euro­pean Lit­er­a­ture class.

By Robert Granader
He pinches and pulls at the pic­tures on his phone, deci­pher­ing them like code. Every now and then he gets dis­tract­ed and focuses on a back­ground: a pair of boots, a fancy car. But mostly he studies the face, as if he’s prepar­ing to write a dis­ser­ta­tion com­par­ing it to the Mona Lisa.

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Silent Night Cre­ative Non-Fiction By Ariel Ambers I know what a church pew feels like; to sit on, to touch, to be watched by. I know that even the most com­fort­able of pews can feel cold. Just…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA A Mar­riage is a Story We Tell and Keep Telling Dra­mat­ic Works By      This story orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 20. Support local book­sellers and inde­pen­dent pub­lish­ers by order­ing a print copy of the magazine.…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Defin­ing the Third Element & Philose­lene Poetry     This poem orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 20. Support local book­sellers and inde­pen­dent pub­lish­ers by order­ing a print copy of the mag­a­zine.   By M.E. Silverman…

Res­o­nance Poetry By Mela Blust 1. a nuthatch brings his wife to the potted bleed­ing hearts my mother gave me. it hangs on the front porch, vibrant red blooms beside the glass door. i watch in wonder as they prepare the nest so close to the…

Plague Diary — Week XI Poetry By Finola Cahill I cook fresh artichoke—a head boiled bald,butter melted in the day’s brag­ging heat.The garlic bathes, my teeth glean flesh from eac­hear­ry lobe of bract, skin spit back to bin.The choke is lonely. I leave it that way,just…