A Quaker’s Gun

When the patriots came to seize the weapons.

Vickie Aldrich

Fostering Empathy Through Fiction Writing: A Conversation with Peterson Toscano

Peterson Toscano's "What is Actually There" appears in the November 2025 issue.

Quakers and the Mystery of Worship

Season 5 episode 3 of Quakers Today

Eight Quaker Organizations Draft and Sign Statement Saying Genocide Is Occurring in Gaza

The statement calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Welcome to Our Fifth Annual Fiction Issue

Introduction to our November issue.

What Is Actually There

Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.

My Troublesome BFFs

Nineteenth-century Quaker troublemakers tumble out of the library stacks.

My Ghosts

Who will speak for the unmarked dead?

A Fine Showing for the Court of Owls

Benjamin Lay comes back home from yearly meeting.

1860's photo of young woman

A Silver Trumpet Calls

Respectability and frivolity collide with a call to service.

The Comfort of Horror

An interview with American author Chuck Wendig.

Out of the Mouths

Simon’s mobile sounded as he finished breakfast. His wife answered, “Lambert residence, June speaking. Oh, hello Mrs. Thompson. . ."

The Body

The sun trumpeted morning to the sleeping stranger, but Mark Jacobs didn’t return the greeting.

Brothers

Over and over they were born, those brothers, always catching at each other’s heels.

A Place to Begin

It was the tapping that first made Janice aware of him. She looked up and located the source of the irritating noise. 

Coffee Hour, 1965

The ladies are staying far too long / after First Day School. We look for our 

Again

New snow falls gentle as a wish / Snow covers sallow earth

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