DarkWinter Press New Release: Knives All Blade by Bojana Stojčić
DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, the debut short story collection Knives All Blade by Bojana Stojčić [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
Ex-Boyfriend as The Daddy Longlegs in My Bathroom by Carly M. Uebel
I see you on your evening walk past the diner on Ravenswood. From my perch in the empty planter, I watch as you pause [...]
The Old Shoe Will Not Do by Bart Edelman
The love of your life
Tells you she’s had it;
The old shoe will not do.
She grown, easily, a size or two, [...]
Released by Clyde Liffey
Soon after the court released me from all family ties, I found out I was transferred. [...]
No Plans For Tomorrow by Diana Raab
The pensioned
depravity of eyes
obsessed by needlepoint
loss of hunger for friends
grasping worn leather purses [...]
Loyalty by Maggie Nerz Iribarne
The first dog, a big Irish setter of all things, was spotted after Memorial Day. I knew it was that weekend because I’d gone for a hike[...]
The Swallows of Shady Bend; Reconciliation of the Dead; Peony Haiku 1 by Barbara A Meier
The swallows of Shady Bend
carry the ghosts on the wisps
of their tails, dragging them
to the bridge from the muddy
banks of the Saline[..]
daffodils by Julie Allyn Johnson
oh,
but she’s a breezy, cool
one today, a tempestuous zephyr
running roughshod over early spring
reveries of blissful meadows [...]
March 19, Seven PM in Dr. Ross’s Office by Rosemary Porto
Allison chipped off her red nail polish, slowly peeling one sliver at a time until her natural pink and white peeked through [...]
A Cheese Omelet at Leo's; Last Laughs by William Doreski
A plush of cheddar and eggs.
As I fork it up, the ghosts
of Harvard Square surround me,
drawn by the thick aroma. [...]
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