Island Journal

Fiction: Reality Check

They lay on the bed, fully clothed, the inn’s cozy attic bedroom lit only by the bathroom light, softly glowing through the cracked-opened door. She breathed, slow and deep. He realized she was asleep. The clock radio was on, low, tuned to a college station on the mainland. Van Morrison’s… SEE MORE

Island Journal

On a Following Sea

Illustrations by Ted Walsh Sailors once thought sea gods ruled. Poseidon. Neptune. Aegir. Ran. Tangaroa. Now they know the sea has moods. Calm. Peaceful. Troubled. Angry. Mean. But the open ocean shows no sign of caring. It frolics and rages as it chooses, indifferent to fears and pleasures aboard, unconcerned… SEE MORE