Short Fiction and Poetry

They are my friends, these sparrows. Always reliable. Here they come again, one after another, on this ordinary afternoon. [...]

We're extremely proud to announce the release of Twenty-Four-Hour Shift: Dark Tales from on and off the Clock by Cecilia Kennedy [...]

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[...]

they take their tea in the dusk like vespers steam rising to rebuke the chill the mug is chipped and blue and their favorite [...]

Dinner tonight with Barbara. We’re making salads. My best friend. She is. And vegan too (of course!). [...]

After the funeral, we’re standing outside your building, saying nothing to each other. Shielding you from the wind [...]

Teenage girls make the best friends, and the worst enemies. It’s better to learn that early on. [...]

Cologne in the summer, crowds meander through hazy streets from the cathedral to the bridge, the place where sweethearts meet. [...]

DarkWinter Press is extremely proud to announce the release of Sean Patrick Carlin's debut novel The Dogcatcher! [...]

I suddenly awake from the company of stars to find silent flesh quietly forming on my dry old bones like snow, layer upon layer. [...]