by Tianna G. Hansen I was always told to not go ‘cold turkey’ by each psychiatrist, each therapist. By my sister, studying to be a nurse. My mother, vigilant and worried as ever. My husband, cautioning me to do it right. Before I get too far, let me make one thing clear: I do not recommend anyone go cold turkey Read More
Tag: forget
Bad Neighbors
by Elisabeth Horan Frost might think we have forgotten how it is to mend a wall. Good neighbors we are not. What once was rolling acres of deforested masterpieces, framed by such precise and plaintive cairns – rolled by hand of man or brutish ox to the edges of the gently wooded glens – To keep the sheep so neatly grazing Read More
I still forget
By Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar Today, in the evening, I had gone to the CVS store on the corner Market and Main to buy a bottle of the Airborne pills. A friend had advised me to start taking those in advance before my planned travel to my country, India, next week. It would help bolster my immunity against the change in Read More
Celebratory Collage
To our readers and contributors, thank you for a wonderful first year, from our whole herd! In celebration, we present this collage of memories because, oh, you know. – Elephants Never
To our readers and contributors, thank you for a wonderful first year, from our whole herd!
In celebration, we present this collage of memories because, oh, you know. – Elephants Never
Submissions Wishlist
On October 19, 2018, Elephants Never turns one year old! You may commence with celebratory trumpeting. Now, we don’t mean to seem forward. But while waiting for the caterers, we’ve penned a little birthday wishlist. Behold, therefore, five kinds of submissions we’d like to receive more of in our inbox. Birthday Wishlist More elephant art Paint a pachyderm, draw a Read More
the last laugh
by Linda M. Crate i don’t languish in the fact that i met you, but i do regret that i couldn’t see through the gauzy fabric of your lies; but a starving heart is so hungry she’ll devour anything that she hears so it was with you— i fell so hard and fast that i could not stop my love Read More
For the Love of Lice
by Amy Alexander When it comes to terrible things that adults imagine happening to children – drownings, kidnappings, being burnt on stoves, toppling headlong into Rubbermaid tubs and not being able to escape, crashing into semis in forward-facing, failing child seats, falling off of cliffs at The Grand Canyon, being sucked into the ocean by riptides, placing dry cleaning bags Read More
Grandma
By Allison Zdunczyk Click play below to hear Allison read ‘Grandma’ aloud. I used to regret mom taking me to visit you. I used to regret going to the movies and you falling asleep during the preview. I used to regret the time away from my friends and weekends “wasted.” And I used to regret you making me eat gefilte Read More
Happy Father’s Day
Today I feel blessed to hug my son and to feel my daughter kick inside her mother’s womb. More, however, I feel blessed to have my father visiting, and to share my family with him. Not everyone can celebrate someone today, and I recognize that others might prefer to ignore the holiday. But on Father’s Day, take time to honor Read More
Happy Mother’s Day
Today I feel blessed to celebrate the four matriarchs in my life: my mother, my grandmother, my mother-in-law, and my wife. These women support and empower me. And I owe so much of my happiness to them. On Mother’s Day, please take time to honor the matriarchs in your own life, regardless of their actual relationship to you. Calling someone Read More