Eric Stephenson is the publisher and editor-in-chief of US Represented. He is also a contributing writer.
US Represented is an e-magazine dedicated to free speech and creative expression. We showcase writers, artists, and musicians of all ages, creeds, and backgrounds in order to reflect the communities in which we live while also addressing a broader audience.
We regularly feature a host of nonfiction works, including political, historical, and scientific analysis, travel and nature writing, and human interest pieces, to include memoirs and personal essays.
US Represented’s writers share thought-provoking short stories, serialized novels, and poetry. We address environmental and sustainability issues, and we cover the music scene as well, interviewing band members and showcasing their talents to a worldwide audience. We feature visual artists, too, working with each of them to create a USR hosted gallery linked to the artists’ websites.
We plan to keep growing so we can represent as many people as possible. We want to engage more readers and allow gifted artists to share their work. Our readership already reaches across the world, and we’re always seeking new talent and challenging those who work with us to expand their creativity.
They were both up before dawn and doing chores in the cool silence. Kyle headed over to the hen house to get some eggs and shore up some chicken wire. Evelyn went to the barn to check on the livestock. She milked their two cows while she was there. They returned to the cabin and […]
Whatever concept an artist imagines Is a reflection of a latent form that lies within A block of marble; the hand alone, Guided by the intellect, can give it form. from Michelangelo’s Sonnet 15 The “reflection of a latent form” Michelangelo characterizes in his poem has inspired debate among artists, aesthetes, and philosophers for thousands of
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The other day, I passed a crash in my neighborhood that was clogging traffic, as the photo above shows. Some guy in a company truck had run a red light and smashed into a school bus loaded with 37 kids. Several children went to the hospital. Luckily, none of them were seriously injured. A slew
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That’s not how it happened, and I have the picture to prove it. It’s just that the picture is in my mind.
An arsenal of fears has shaped my behavior. I’ve been abused and abandoned so many times in my life that I always feel betrayed, powerless, and vulnerable. I can’t shake the belief that I’ve been deprived of true love along the way, so when I do manage relationships, I see myself as flawed and unwanted.
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Mitch bit into another slice of pizza and took a guess at who would win the BBQ Pitmasters episode he was watching. The judges awarded the grand prize to a team from Georgia. Mitch muttered, “I knew it.” He hoisted himself off of the sofa and headed toward the kitchen for another beer. He was
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