A Purple Flower Among The Grazing Horses
By Stephen Byrne. In her final moments of safety, Asifa Bano was a little girl grazing her horses in a Kashmir meadow.
As a Mother
By Stephen Byrne. Claudia Gómez González hoped for an education. She was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas instead.
Parts Unknown
By Clare Welsh. Anthony Bourdain, dead at 61, recognized the misfits working behind the counter.
Poor Nigel
By Phil Huffy. A Valentine's Day poem for the seabird that died after 5 years wooing his decoy lover.
The Left Hand of Darkness
By Devon Balwit. Ursula K. Le Guin, the acclaimed fantasy fiction author, has died at 88.
Remembering Our Life Together as a Cigarette after the Cranberries Show
By J. Todd Hawkins. Dolores O’Riordan, singer of The Cranberries, has died at age 46.
The King Is Dead
By Marc Alan Di Martino. An obituary for the king of Strand Books, written by a former worker.
On the Ground
By Noreen Ellis. A preventable Amtrak train derailment left three dead in Washington.
I Think I Love You
By Tracy Quan. Music legend and 1970's teen idol David Cassidy dies at the age of 67.
At the Harvest Festival
By Devon Balwit. A poet's effigy on the chaotic scene of the Las Vegas shooting that left 59 people dead.