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Short Fiction and Poetry
Tony's Move by Langdon L. Lytle
ony puts his weight behind the punch sending the old man down, across the floor and into a display shelf; sprawling [...]
Language Sales by Zary Fekete
Gyula felt his throat. He opened and closed his mouth. He spoke to himself. His voice sounded loud in the quiet of his bedroom. [...]
Flee To Safety by Leigh-Anne Burley
Dodging a Jim Beam bottle hurled in her direction, Haley bolts through the back door and runs on a dirt path to the river [...]
“In A Black Hollow It Reigns”- Oil on canvas, J. Wolitzky by Brandon Everett
The Gunther Observatory loomed tall and imposing, adorned with intricate carvings that whispered of forgotten secrets. [...]
Tall Tales by Calla Smith
“I’m an airplane pilot,” the man said. He had had a few beers in the hotel’s bar by then, even though it had only opened [...]
Cannonball Blues by Christopher Butt
“Welcome to the Greatest Show on what’s left of Earth!” the Ringmaster proclaimed to the mostly empty stands [...]
A Question of Money by Eric Burbridge
“Larry, let me solve your financial difficulties…for five million dollars let me murder you?” Rocmon asked. [...]
Sea Creatures by Geoffrey Heptonstall
The birds were flying low as they approached land. They were always looking out for what may be in the mud and water of low tide. [...]
YMCA: A Sign by Janet Lopes
As the leaves manifest their orange hues, I am happy, yet tears gush, showing no mercy. Seven months ago, we spent three days [...]
A Night In The Bronx by Joan Kydd
Dear Diary,
I’m sorry I couldn’t write to you last night like I always do on Sunday. We didn’t get home until real late [...]
Dark Madrigal by E.C. Traganas
They are my friends, these sparrows. Always reliable. Here they come again, one after another, on this ordinary afternoon. [...]
Birdie, Bryn and Brain Fog by Sandra Arnold
In the morning when Birdie opened her bedroom curtains all she could see out the window was a thick curtain of fog that hid every shape[...]
Now & Not Yet (the glow, the aftermath) by Nick Caccamo
After the funeral, we’re standing outside your building, saying nothing to each other. Shielding you from the wind [...]
The Voodoo Doll by Jane Benoit
Teenage girls make the best friends, and the worst enemies. It’s better to learn that early on. [...]
Restoration by Annest Gwilym
I suddenly awake from the company of stars to find silent flesh quietly forming on my dry old bones like snow, layer upon layer. [...]
A Teacher's Dilemma by Elliot Wilner
Betsy certainly stood out in my tenth-grade English class. She stood out for a number of reasons, first of all because she was six-foot[...]
Sisters of the Marsh by Tim Goldstone
Rousted by his father from a deep skullcap sleep in the trembling yolk-yellow glow of a flaming smoking reedmace, wind groaning [...]
The Hunting Shack by Christopher Butt
The windshield wipers clicked in time, sweeping away the falling snow as the slow-moving pick-up truck navigated the wintery conditions[...]
I Can't See by Maxine Flam
I’m awake, but why is it dark? Am I really awake? Yes, I am. But I can’t see anything. What’s going on? I feel bandages around my head [...]
April 5th, 2012 by Eric Twa
Gerald plucked two pieces of toast from the toaster, buttered both, and spread two dabs of peanut butter across them. [...]
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