Running with Water Anthology

Running with Water, our bi-annual literary anthology, seeks to provide quality writing to the world that would otherwise not be seen. We encourage fresh and original unpublished works.

We lean more towards writing that empowers, educates, inspires, encourages or moves us in some way–the best works are those that get into the bones. But some works we will publish simply for the enjoyment of reading them. Submit and surprise us. We love to be surprised.

NOTE: Running with Water has no theme. The name, much like writing, is fluid. Writing moves and flows through the world, sometimes in unexpected ways–it seeps through cracks or crevices, into fissures, through the land and through our bodies. Water moves, nourishes, sustains, and can change the structure of our land and our lives. If we use words like water, could we not then impact the world?

2023 Running with Water

FORWARD PAGES

Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Torie Amarie Dale EDITOR’S NOTES
Mary-Faith Martinez EDITOR’S NOTE
RWW Introduction

Fiction

Alexander Jones FREE MILK
Carolina Colleene ON THE WATER
Carolina Colleene MARMALADE SUMMER

Poetry

David Sam A CONSTELLATION OF FIREFLIES
Richard Allen Taylor UNTITLED POEM ABOUT DYING
Olivia Stogner IN THE MEDIAN
John Dos Passos Coggin LESSONS IN BRAZILLIAN RESILIENCE
Sarah Wolbach THE MAGICIAN
Liz Pozen BELATED COMPASSION
Carol Barrett WAVES
Jacob Quint UNSPOOLED
Heidi Sander CADA MAÑANA
Brad Hofeling GOODNIGHT, TRAVEL WELL

Nonfiction

Cindy Sams A NURSERY NIGHTMARE

2021 Running with Water

FORWARD PAGES
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Torie Amarie Dale EDITOR’S NOTE AND RWW INTRODUCTION
Leehu Sigler EDITOR’S NOTE
Irena Tervo EDITOR’S NOTE
Torie Amarie Dale IN MEMORIAM OF MARK CARNEY, AUNT SHIRLEY, AND JOHN MIGACZ

CONTRIBUTORS
Paul Bellerive WHEN
Bonnie Billet FALL / WINTER DIARY
Mark Carney SEVEN
Mark Carney WINTER ROOT
Thomas Ford Conlan ITALIA IN A WHIRLWIND
Ralph Earle BIRTHDAY ENDING IN ZERO
Kris Falcon PRESSED FLOWERS
Chapman Hood Frazier EASTER MORNING
Tim Harkins THE PHYSICS OF FALLING (IN LOVE)
Gloria Heffernan YES…NO…MAYBE
Lee Landau AGNOSTIC PARABLE—The Author Consoles Herself
Deborah LeFalle AGING GRATEFULLY
William May I THINK SOMEONE MUST BE HERE
Joseph Milosch BATTLEFIELDS OF HALF-FROZEN LEAVES
Joseph Milosch I GIVE BACK
Mary K. O’Melveny ADVICE FROM JELLYFISH
Katie E. Peckham PINECONES
Judith Serin YOUR FAMILY TEACHES EACH OTHER HOW TO DRIVE
Michelle Spencer BIVALVIA
J.R. Solonche A PAINTING BY MY WIFE’S FATHER
Deborah L. Staunton BEFORE YOU LEFT
Deborah L. Staunton WE NAMED HIM JONAH
Deborah L. Staunton SEEDS
Deborah L. Staunton BIPOLAR DISORDER
Deborah L. Staunton UNDERTOW
Bob Strother A LITTLE OFF THE TOP
Richard Allen Taylor REMEMBERING TOKYO, 1953
Meera Vijayann WATER DEMONS