The Atlantic sojourner
As researchers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium watch attentively through the camera’s point of view, a large, gray being swims inches below the water, her back skimming the salty air … Read moreThe Atlantic sojourner
Category: Stories
The watch of the Lynx
Driving home along 8th Avenue in Gainesville one night, Lauren Groff and Clay Kallman saw what looked like a giant house cat. It was about three times the size of a normal cat, with tufted ears and no tail. When they got home, they realized they had seen a lynx.
At the time, the couple had been trying to figure out whether their vision to bring an independent bookstore to Gainesville was possible. They’d found a space, but in Groff’s words, “it was a disaster. It was scary.” … Read moreThe watch of the Lynx
The future is F.E.M.
This film set is different from most — not because the whole crew is under the age of 23, and not because the budget is visibly tight but because it has about three times as many women as men, a number that reflects the wider mission of the club … Read moreThe future is F.E.M.
The ROMEOs
It’s 6:50 a.m. in a nondescript Dunnellon shopping center. Street lights and neon store signs cast a dim glow over the dark lot and Publix won’t open for another ten minutes.
The parking lot is almost empty, except for the scattering of cars belonging to the members of the Workout Anytime gym and those of a group of 14 old men sitting along the benches outside of the Breakfast Station restaurant … Read moreThe ROMEOs
A monarch’s legacy
As autumn stretches into the icy grip of winter, a curious change occurs in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. The sky, usually a deep, endless blue, turns orange. The color comes slowly at first, a hint of warmth scattered among the evergreen pines and palmettos, then it descends all at once, painted on the backs of small, fragile wings that have traveled thousands of miles … Read moreA monarch’s legacy