Shelley Wood

Thank you for submitting - Thank you for sending - We were blessed - We appreciate - We’re truly grateful - We were thrilled. read with care much to appreciate after carefully considering the time and care you put narrowing this strong field down the many quality submissions once again excellent, and plentiful. special interest in your piece a truly phenomenal pool of work we read many fantastic pieces We regret We have … [Read more...] about Rejection, An Anthology

Mist is drifting off the lake while the December sun consoles the crest of the snow-capped hills with its golden hand. … [Read more...] about Christmas, Reinstated

Last month I stayed in a hotel room the shape and colour of a TicTac and only slightly larger. … [Read more...] about This is Not a Drill

For S.P. on the occasion of her half-centennial. … [Read more...] about The Lake Swimmer

The jolt and hum of the train, the green hills smudging past and, across the aisle, my nieces—two coltish girls on the thorny cusp of womanhood. … [Read more...] about Detour Along the Road Not Taken

Three times in as many weeks: hail. Pearly gemstones plinking down, making a spectacle of themselves, just when we all thought the day might clear. … [Read more...] about Springtime’s Most Rambling Metaphor