Shortlist Saturdays: Autumn Sonata by Zary Fekete
Shortlist Saturdays presents Autumn Sonata by Zary Fekete! [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
Miniature Sun by Amy Grech
Douglas is surrounded by nothingness. [...]
Meditations on (the Authenticity of) an Emergency by Jen Schneider
In the same week Merriam-Websters announced
authenticity as its word of the year, I was pressed
to look up the meaning of emergency [...]
And the short story winner is...The Water Ran Cold by Steven Baird
DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that The Water Ran Cold was chosen as the winning short story in our 2nd Anniversary Contest [...]
And the poetry winner is...Seekers by Laurie Koensgen
DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that Seekers by Laurie Koensgen was chosen as the winning poem in our 2nd Anniversary Contest [...]
Let Us Eat by Jasmine De La Paz
The winter gale blew against the cottage, whistling through the cracks and causing the flames of the fire to dance like the devil. [...]
Genetics by Brandon Shane
In Poland, I have a cousin
who lives in an old Soviet bloc,
and on the outside you'd think ruin,
[...]
The Cairn by Aerial Douskos
I buried my face in the crook of her neck, breathing in honey and blooming yeast; a waft of piss, rising from the squirrel in her hands[...]
Fae Magic Is Fierce by Heather Haigh
Fae Magic is Fierce We fall as one —crushing bluebells like bloodied lips —wrapped in convolvulus —grasping hibiscus shoots —flying. Fae...
Lorelei by E.C. Traganas
The river was murmuring, tinkling like suspended crystal droplets glinting in the silvery light, slowly meandering, pushing onwards [...]
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