Short Fiction and Poetry

Shortlist Saturdays: Dead Crow Walking by Emily De Angelis

Why do crows walk off asphalt when they can fly away from carrion and car to road’s edge? Is it just corvid attitude [...]

My Dreams Write Me Too; Break A Leg by Hibah Shabkhez

Each stone of these stairs rasps like a regret, Like the memory of a child's flushed face Clouding with hurt, [...]

Shortlist Saturdays: Deer King by Christina Hennemann

I cross the bridge and find you soaked in dew, overlooking the clearing. Doe eyes and roots crowning your antlers, you wait for me [...]

The Favour; What Is Happiness by Royden V Chan

She had over-slept. There was no time to make her usual breakfast — she would be late for work [...]

impressions, times, atmospheres; angel of earth, angel of sky by Brian Michael Barbeito

do you ever remember the spring or summer sun, the rains that make the wildflowers to blossom and the wood and metal bridges [...]

Lemon Path by Terry Towbridge

A lemon rolls down the aisle of church. The Monseigneur bends down to pick it up. The lemon is as blinding yellow as a banana from space[..]

I Age by Michael Lee Johnson

Arthritis and aging make it hard, I walk gingerly, with a cane, and walk slow, bent forward, fear threats, falls, fear denouement─[...]

Gloria by Eileen Tull

I came to this place to be alone, but all I want is to talk to a stranger I let a palm leaf brush against my face And my heart stops [...]

While cycling out of Chéticamp by Bill Garvey

I am thinking of you and Mike on your way to Baddeck in a cab then driving to Portland to catch a flight to Cleveland [...]

Take One Last Chance and Know by Caleb Gainey

I am the vibrant orange of autumn pumpkins, the burning red of summer tomatoes. The quiet pallor of winter parsnips. [...]

Ghazal For Gus by Cecily Ross

This poem’s about asparagus A poem that rhymes and doesn’t fuss With meter, tense or prosody Written for my grandson Gus [...]

Disturbed by Gina Carrillo

Silent raindrops fell like tears Outside the castle I’m aching for you whisper away my anxieties [...]

Last Night; Ghost Head by Donna Dallas

I burned the wick down to a nub There’s a quiet ache in the heart I try to numb it with burn with sting opioids [...]

the god hasn't saved me by Elisha Oluyemi

the god hasn't saved me the dog did. he kept barking till I woke up and I saw the door knob jerking furiously. [...]

Piles Of Apples; Freediving by Siobhan Farrell

The afternoon yawns lazily, hot white sand, whooshes of waves, freckled skin peeking out from a tight bikini [...]

Can You Hear Me Now? by Screams Of Unfettered Minds

Sitting alone in my own despair Just off in the distance ringing I hear That familiar sound of my phone's ringtone [...]

I Want To Chop The Moon Into Tiny Pieces by Hemanta Dalpati, trans. Pitambar Naik

We compose songs on a moonlit night, we sing humobauli and play hide and seek, on a moonlit night, go to the jungle [...]

It Began With Water by Shirley Jones Luke

It began with water. It began with bodies in the water. It began with African bodies in the water. [...]

Soulful Voices by Ali Ashhar

I sit beneath the sky on a midsummer night aside the brook aloof from the turbulence and cacophonies I try to evade

Staring At A World Gone By by Richard M. Ankers

I'm staring at a world gone by, laughing without reason or want. There are people on the pathways and cars on the street, but they hide[...]

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