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Short Fiction and Poetry


Scarves; Thrift Shop by Joan McNerney
I want to make scarves from the sky.
Since I’m not much of a seamstress,
here’s hoping it won’t be too hard. [...]


Vendetta by John-Paul Cote
1925. America. Prohibition. Chicago Heights. A suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Serving Chicago and the greater area. A population of over...


3 Collaborative Tan-Renga Poems by Mystic Poet (Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam)
3 Collaborative Tan-Renga Poems by Mystic Poet (Christina Chin/Uchechukwu Onyedikam) [...]


Taken to the Cleaners by Boyd Blackwood
The manager of Rusterman’s Restaurant is much annoyed when Wendy, the new hostess, interrupts him [...]


Emergent World by Thomas Piekarski
He emerged from a giant agate egg at the edge
of time’s supernatural savanna, rubbed his eyes
so that he could observe what surrounded [...]


Stepma's Hallowe'en by Dan MacIsaac
We strong-armed our stepma. Halloween is all about blackmail when you’re ten years old. Gimme a treat or I’ll play a trick on you [...]


DarkWinter Press New Release: Vigils Of The Night Office by Paul Edward Costa!
DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, the poetry collection Vigils of the Night Office by Paul Edward Costa! [...]


Apparition by Roger Mills
Doug Byrne’s store, between Cundy’s Harbor and Five Islands, is a ramshackle Downeast  barn. Some years ago, he painted the place white[...]


Rubber Boots by Ava Murray
we used to run and laugh together,
catching frogs and snakes with our hands.
you helped me pull my rubber boots on [...]


Never Alone by Karen Quickley
You are never
Alone so long as
You connect with
The nonhuman world.
Their spirits travel
Beneath, above,
And beside us. [...]
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