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Short Fiction and Poetry
Together We Stand by Danila Botha
I don’t remember how we met. Everyone says it was in preschool, but I couldn’t tell you what we said to each other [...]
Hold Me But Please Don't Let Me Fall Asleep by Jack Franks
I remembered the room because of its blaring lack of remarkability. The bed was blue, the couch light blue. The rug was also light blue[...]
The Secret by Maxine Flam
Raina went out to play with her friends as she did every day after school. She was a precocious seven-year-old [...]
Chasing The Wind by Ali Arya
“This is going to be a good day for you,” the wind told him. “Can you smell it?”
The man looked at the trees quietly for a while. [...]
Take Me to Church by Courtenay Gillett
From the first moment I saw her, I knew she was different; knew she was trouble. Not in the way the other girls I’d known were trouble [...]
30 Pearls by Rohan Clifford
“It looks like a giraffe.” Rod’s arm snaked across her shoulders, guiding her to the topiary shrub signifying the end of the path. [...]
If You Had Just Made Me Happy by Katie Cossette
Blood drips down my ivory dress—it might as well be a tablecloth now. Here lies my beloved fiance, my husband-to-never-be [...]
The Greeter by Christopher Butt
The giant Inukshuk stood tall in the frozen wasteland. A lone solitary beacon, its black stone a deep contrast to the white hills [...]
Hungry Shadows by MK Walsh
I lean against a light pole, sipping watery whiskey. My ex rounds the corner, foraging between the cracks of the sidewalk in stumbles [...]
The Artist by Dennis Stein
“Can you help me to go home?” asked the little girl.
My mouth hung open slightly, as I stepped down the steps [...]
Horde by Karen Schauber
In the morning the window has been thrown open, last night’s storm upending the terracotta pots and herbs on the ledge. [...]
The Hill by Scott Mason
The boy sat for a long time with his back against the tree, eyes closed, enjoying the sun. Large white clouds floated slowly past [...]
One Last Drink With Your Old Man by Gary Porter
This is the very last place on Earth I want to be right now. Like, the absolute dead last. But here I am with a bottle of Yuengling [...]
Fatal Exposure by Samantha Lee Curran
The film camera caught my eye instantly, like an otherworldly force singing a siren song. [...]
One Thousand Fifty-Three On My Body by Brahmani Tirumalaraju
I buried his cold corpse with parched and sapped hands, as I began to sense all the numbers on my body convulse. [...]
Apothecary Birds by Vikki C.
I wrote my name in the dust for the last time. You knew my habits well - an ailing language that led us both astray. [...]
Penance by Kathleen Strongarone
Another night has come and gone. Another night of counting the hours until daybreak. Another morning watching the sun slowly rise [...]
A Sale Lease-Back by Aneeka Usman
"Selling? Yeah, I am aware that’s what people call it," he tittered.Contrary to what I was told, he didn’t have pointy, shark-like teeth[..]
I Hear You by Collins Aguilar
He brought a gun to the house.
It is a cold and heavy and alien-looking thing that Daniel waves in his left hand [...]
A Remedy For The Rat Race by Rizza Corella Punsalan
1, 2, 3. Joe drank as quickly as he could so nobody could catch him. Flames licked his throat, and sunlight held his skin [...]
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