Short Fiction and Poetry

A couple months ago, I could navigate these streets in snowshoes. Pull myself forward by jabbing deep with ski poles. That’s impossible[...]

I would hold you closely in the confines of a nightmare We drift towards hollowness not a mention of empty pools of light [...]

I stood beside my father when he killed a rabbit at the back of our farm. It was the same day that Regan, my baby brother, was born. [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, An Individual by Chris Klassen, available now!

“I think I fancy a Chinese tonight. You?” I swear mealtimes never used to be this uncomfortable. “Uh...I’ll just go with English, today[...]

try not to forget try to remember try to remember try to remember [...]

DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that The Water Ran Cold was chosen as the winning short story in our 2nd Anniversary Contest [...]

DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that Seekers by Laurie Koensgen was chosen as the winning poem in our 2nd Anniversary Contest [...]

DarkWinter Lit is excited to announce the writers who have been shortlisted for our Poetry and Short Story 2nd Anniversary competition [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, the novella Words On The Page by Zary Fekete, available now! [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce the authors and their books that we've secured for the remainder of 2024 and Winter/Spring 2025![..]

Baxter House Editions presents The Streets, Like Flowers, Come Alive In The Rain by Steve Denehan!

Available now, the first publication under our new imprint Baxter House Editions--The Places We Haunt by Cecilia Kennedy! [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, The Roach Family and Other Stories by Cindy Matthews [...]

Introducing Baxter House Editions, the reprint division of DarkWinter Press! Read more about this exciting new venture here! [...]