Contributor

Carole Mertz

2 published stories

Carole Mertz, poet and essayist, is the author of Toward a Peeping Sunrise (Prolific Press) and Color and Line (Kelsay Books, 2021). Carole is Book Review Editor at Dreamers Creative Writing. She is the author of the forthcoming chapbook Viewing Lyrical Landscapes.

Stories

August 30, 2026

Narcissism vs. Nihilism

In this story I let the actress play her part. She is telling a true story. She has her audience crying. But the flowers in her hat are wilted and turning brown and one of her stockings has dropped. She rises…
July 9, 2021

Anticipation—Age Two

When he was two, seated in the antique highchair, he might have fallen, taking a dangerous crash. But Auntie was quick to catch him. No one yet knew he could kick himself backward from the breakfast table. Earlier…

Narcissism vs. Nihilism

Anticipation—Age Two