Best of ATM 2016, Fiction
As 2016 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Fiction… Throughout this final…
Frederick Foote
Best of ATM 2016, Nonfiction
As 2016 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Nonfiction… It’s been another…
Bid Whist Night
by: Frederick Foote In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election, a card game is held in the dark of the night where the “true” value…
Trumped
by: Frederick Foote A Nation divided, demonstrated by a workplace at odds… The door to my boss’s office is open. I rap on the door frame…
Addressing Police Violence
by: Frederick Foote1 A few modest proposals to address the epidemic of police bias and brutality in the United States… As the national debate on…
The Colin Kaepernick Dilemma Deconstructed
by: Frederick Foote In protest, do we not honor and reinforce the rights necessary to create a more equitable union? For the entirety of the 2016…
Killing the Dead
by: Frederick Foote1 Fact or Fiction? A story seemingly ripped from the headlines where excessive force is overlooked yet again… Bicyclist Dies in Truck Accident San…
Only Then, Can The Healing Begin
by : Frederick Foote1 A meditative essay about race, violence and law enforcement in America today… It is my assumption that there are systems of…
Nigger to Nigger
by: Frederick Foote “No matter how much whites and blacks despise the idea of the Nigger and the word itself, the use of the word…
The Tablet
by: Frederick Foote1 When your electronics begin to call the shots, what starts off as fun can quickly turn into something sinister… “No! No! No, you…
Trade, Part Three
by Frederick Foote1 Part Three of three-part tragedy. A caustic creationary story that concludes with a birth that reveals all of our futures… Catch up with Trade,…
Trade, Part Two
by: Frederick Foote1 Part Two of three-part tragedy. A caustic creationary story that continues as malicious bad luck nears, bearing dangers more heinous than death.… Catch…