Something Forgotten by John Timm
5:30 p.m. Dark already. And cold. Just want to get home, enjoy a glass of wine, eat something, put on my pajamas, watch TV or a movie [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
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 [...]
Fertilizer by Langdon L. Lytle
The familiar sound of the dial-up modem bleated into the kitchen from across the house. Emmitt turned the volume knob up [...]
And the short story winner is...The Interview by Christopher Waldrop
DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that The Interview by Christopher Waldrop was chosen as the winning short story entry [...]
And the poetry winner is...Elizabeth's Fish by Jane Burn
see me flail upon the riverbank I cannot breathe I said
my body’s long brawn unwatered [...]
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[..]
Together We Stand by Danila Botha
I don’t remember how we met. Everyone says it was in preschool, but I couldn’t tell you what we said to each other [...]
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─[...]
Hold Me But Please Don't Let Me Fall Asleep by Jack Franks
I remembered the room because of its blaring lack of remarkability. The bed was blue, the couch light blue. The rug was also light blue[...]
The Secret by Maxine Flam
Raina went out to play with her friends as she did every day after school. She was a precocious seven-year-old [...]
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