May 30, 2013

Luggage

His suitcase
yawns

open
on the floor.

— Benjamin Percy, "Red Moon"

May 28, 2013

May 27, 2013

Vision

Owing to her large, wide-open dark eyes
she had an air of permanent surprise.

— Ilya Lyashevsky, short story "Tennie" in Bull No. 2

May 18, 2013

Mother's Eyes

His mother's eyes,
intimate but
untouchable,

were the blue
of great distances
after sunset.

— Flannery O'Connor short story "The Comforts of Home"

May 17, 2013

Calm

Even when
the wind
           blows,
the water
does not 
          ripple.

— Collin Kelley, novel "Conquering Venus"

May 2, 2013

Cool-looking authors No. 53


Benjamin Lytal, author of novel "A Map of Tulsa"

Photo by Annie Bourneuf