That Day
“There are silences that define one’s life.” A short story that reflects upon the fact that one day in a person’s life, one moment event, can…
Life
Dexter
A short story, born of a real-life experience backpacking in Wyoming, that puts forward the notion that sometimes we aren’t exactly sure what we want in life,…
Cloisters in Fiction
The prevalence of The Cloisters in literature: A look at the numerous novelists who have set their characters loose amongst The Met Cloisters’s light filled…
Podcast: A Diet of Worms with Erik Rasmussen
Across The Margin: The Podcast explores the art of writing fiction with author Erik Rasmussen… On iTunes now! On Spotify now! In this latest episode of Across The Margin:…
Jesus Loves the Little Children
“There is nothing I can imagine worse than not being able to hold your own child, comfort them when they have a bad dream, put…
Plans
“Nothing was ever lost, I thought. The past is in all of us, all of the time.” A deeply stirring short story about change, and the…
Mystic Journey On An Italian Train
A short story where a random encounter offers the possibility that our dearly departed may be closer than we think… by: Judge Santiago Burdon I once…
ATM: The Podcast — The Bounce and The Echo with Ian Johnson
Across The Margin:The Podcast dissects the countless intricacies surrounding ATM Publishing’s latest book, The Bounce and The Echo, with an interview with the book’s author,…
From: Ian Johnson’s The Bounce and The Echo
Dying to love a game…Across the Margin presents a free excerpt from former professional basketball player Ian Johnson’s deeply affecting, vulnerable, and informative memoir, The…
Back In America
A reflective work of nonfiction that muses about political apathy, while contemplating if mass protests can influence actual change… I arrived back in Seattle following…
School, Interrupted
Frustrated that excellent teachers are overwhelmed, and students who yearn to learn are discouraged, a teacher ponders the distressing effects of disrupted learning in schools……
Walls
An op-ed that ponders if U.S. tax dollars could be better served elsewhere when taking in to account the relative ineffectiveness of border walls throughout…