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Short Fiction and Poetry
Memories of Ashen Bones by Kerstan Batchelor
She awoke draped in transparency.
The cemetery was wandering across her mind like a nightmare in a shadow box [...]
The Butterfly Heart Paradox by Richard M. Ankers
Humans have ever exalted butterflies for their beauty and imperial majesty. But touch one, and you risk destroying it [...]
Pansy House by Lori Everett
“We have to cross here. We can’t walk by pansy house.”
I looked at Marlene. “Pansy house?”
“It’s a bungalow down the block [...]
Entranced; My Soul Lies In These Hills by Margaret Randall
I heard the cry of seagulls far away.
It echoed in the chambers overhead
And lingered in my ears a while,
So serene and peaceful [...]
Summer Days That I Love; Illusions Of Summer by Yuu Ikeda
Tears like summer rain
mark complicated emotions
on my cheeks [...]
The Machinist by Dennis Stein
Just a couple more steps and he would be in the perfect spot. The spotlights on the machine shone through the rain [...]
Hidebound; Wax Fruit by Michael Igoe
These darkened bones
of half broken horses.
Arguing at a gallop
soon they became
drenched in lather [...]
Mary Parker by Eileen Patterson
Luke Russell held the rock in his hand. He didn’t know why he picked up the rock; he just had a need to hold it [...]
Smoke by Monique Berkin
My thoughts swirl and collide, then rip apart, lost to me. Time has no meaning, and I drift trapped [...]
What Home Do You Leave?; Why Do I Suddenly Feel Free Of Panic? by Ace Boggess
City that held me in its undercurrents:
drug deals, bars at night, bands
that came & went like minor crimes [...]
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