By Cierra Buchholz   Buster: A Dog, by George Pelecanos, is an 88 page novella narrated by Buster, the family dog, that gives readers a...

Triolets - Seeking After Driftwood “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected on the deep.” - William James  ...

I first connected with Hericane Rowing leading into the World’s Toughest Row Pacific when I met with them to do an interview about their...

By Rutger Middelburg   I have always loved the sea. Loved everything about it; from the peacefully reflective mirror, making the light of...

By Ralph La Rosa My inner fish alerts me, when I’m peckish, that through eons I’d been a dish delish, to fish! That even now I nosh kin’s...

Breakwater   Against the wash of time and tide, great granite walls stretch out, away, cutting in two the incoming flow. Protecting,...

The Collector   I once saw a lighthouse that pulled poems to the shore: sleek fishy poems that cut through the water like shooting stars,...

[KELP JOURNAL]  Before we dive into the work, I always like to ask our artists what their origin story is. How did you come to be an...

The Dark Watchers by Nik Xandir Wolf "Once, on a white barren spur, he saw a black figure for a moment; but he looked quickly away, for...

By Beata Stasak     Fear prickling my feat try to ignore the pounding in my ears five meters beneath me the dark...

By A.M. Larks Creatures,  the first novel by Crissy Van Meter, is like free diving in an ocean of relationships, where one holds their...

3 May 2022 On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine   It will go To the wrong Town. And             Others             insulated Their windows....

By Thomas Canfield       The shells were fashioned from silver. They were visible to a depth of perhaps twenty meters. Beyond that, it...

Pure escapism I’ll bet she’s the type that secretly reads door-stop Gothics and would go for a square cleft jaw and strong silence if she...

By Katherine Plumhoff   Carefully read the entire test before doing anything. In order to ensure the accuracy of this exam, you should...

See How They Watch You    See how they watch you: a neighbors’ dog lying supine at your feet, cats in every alley with a hungry look, a...

[KELP JOURNAL]   This is your second time on The Wave . Welcome back! Last time we talked in general about your photography and many...

Droughts (dry sources) The dry watercourse. A stream bed that led to a dry source, the way lit by glow-worms. Something about water on...

By L.J. Provost     Like many mysteries in life, Kaia Gallagher’s had been hiding in plain sight. She was 5 years old when she realized...

The Sea   And then came a primordial sea, by imposing waves and raging foam, a grave incessant howl its battle cry, an annihilatory storm...