The Price
As bloodshed spreads across “cratered streets with shrapnel-riddled shells of ambulances and rebar twisting out of wreckage like lost…
Fiction
American Dilemmas
A work of fiction where a family, embattled in a game of chance, deliberates a greater game of chance,…
Best of Across The Margin 2020, Fiction
As 2020 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured…
A Game : Eternally
An impassioned “chess match” between Death and The Maker reveals a surprising truth about the nature, and spirit, of…
Sunglasses at Night
A work of fiction, where a loyal coed, well out of her element, finds something meaningful in the last…
The Smell of Sage
A work of fiction where a woman, independant in spirit and determined in will, is galvanized by “the smells…
A Stowaway’s Day Out
“Although land is gone, countries and laws are here to stay.” In a world transformed by Climate Change, a…
Mimosa
A work of fiction featuring a window into Sophie’s wedding, a drama wracked affair where waffles, chocolate sauce, and…
Tell Me Another
The thrills of fame and glory may have faded with time, but within the nebulous mind of an old-timer…
Fine is For Sugar
The spaces in between the words, where the unspoken truths reside, is where one man wistfully waits for his…
Quinoa
How to pronounce the name of that ancient grain quinoa, be it keen-wah or kin-oh-wah, is the catalyst for…
I Have News of Your Career Plan and Mine
A terse, nerve-wracking work of fiction that speaks to the heartfelt sacrifices we often make for those we love……