Krin Van Tatenhove - Words & Images

29/10/2025

Here Comes the Sun

27/10/2025

From the altar to the open sky, from the sermon to the beating of your own heart.

In 2024, the Pew Research Center found that 28% of Americans check “none” as their choice of religion. So many of us have stepped away from organized faith, not out of rebellion, but fr…

23/10/2025

Trippin'

22/10/2025

It wasn’t lightning. It wasn’t fire. It wasn’t anything she had ever seen. As it moved across the Gulf toward the lighthouse, Hannah’s heart started pounding.

(According to the U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office, 122 women were appointed as official lighthouse keepers from 1845 to 1912) Port Isabel, Texas — November 15, 1860 The night air tasted l…

15/10/2025

I Saw Her on the Road

15/10/2025

Growing flowers on Mars is hard enough without resistance from a stubborn administrator. In Mary Jo Rabe’s short story, The Perfect Red Rose, see how Debbie – an interplanetary horticulturist – finds a creative solution.

Debbie dropped her luggage on the floor of the little efficiency apartment allocated to her in the Bradbury habitat on Mars and sneezed. The sound bounced back and forth from one wall to another, increasing in annoyance with each bounce. The apartment seemed spotless at first, but when she looked at...

14/10/2025

Samuel accepts the challenge to ferry slaves across the Ohio River, but he’s afraid it will cost him his life. It almost does…

(Editor’s note: The most heavily traveled route from slavery to freedom involved crossing the Ohio River from Northern Kentucky into Cincinnati. Enslaved people called it “The River Jordan,& #8…

09/10/2025

I Can See Clearly Now

29/09/2025

While sorting through his late father’s office, Sam finds a cryptic note. It would lead him to a mysterious rendezvous. What did the old man, a famous movie producer, have in mind for his son?

The sun slid behind the palm trees of Beverly Hills, painting the sky with a lavender glow. Sam Leeds sat alone in his late father’s office, its tall windows letting in the final light. The room sm…

22/09/2025

In Chrissy Hicks’s flash fiction story "Overdue," a young burglar discovers something more valuable than he ever expected.

It was a silent night, but it was far from holy. Ink-black sky stretched above, untouched by stars. Winter clung to the air, sharp and crisp, with a dormancy that made the darkness feel endless. Marty crept toward the two-story cookie-cutter house in the quiet cul-de-sac. His heart pounded in rhythm...

21/09/2025

How much difference can a dog make in your life? Megan was about to find out…

Megan Green was content with her looks. She left the mirror every morning with her hair pulled back, wearing jeans and a soft flannel shirt that smelled of her favorite detergent. People sometimes …

19/09/2025

What do you do when no one is watching? Kevin Hopson’s short story "The Waiting Game" examines issues of integrity and conscience after a chance encounter on a city street.

I leaned against my father’s truck, breathing in the humid city air. I didn’t live in this part of town. It was too rich for my blood. But my father delivered ice to over a dozen restaurants in the city, including a couple in this area. “Hey,” someone shouted from across the street. I looked...