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Dec 2, 20239 min read
A Dozen Eggs | Georgie Popovitch
Delores will die soon. She’s been sick for a while now, and she’s getting worse. We are neighbors and we are friends, in some ways....
Nov 16, 202311 min read
Coffee With Half-And-Half - Bill VanPatten
Rain pummeled the parking lot outside the Country Waffle House on another gray, cheerless day in Fresno. Marsha sat alone in a booth,...
Nov 10, 20238 min read
Happy Thanksgiving - Sarah Munn
The turkey wasn’t going to roast itself. Marla picked herself up off the floor and walked back to the counter where she’d been chopping...
Oct 28, 202312 min read
The Watched Pot - VA Wiswell
Monday Morning The pot stares at me like Poe’s veiled eye. Tracks me from corner to corner. Its bright blue-green exterior, a peacock...
Oct 16, 20237 min read
You Can’t See Stars In London - Elaine Chennatt
On yet another Saturday with nowhere to be, I wander into the Tate Modern art gallery. I stand for a moment, watching the people in the...
Sep 30, 20238 min read
Gowns for the Angels - Ann Kendall
Two blue lines on a little stick covered in pee – this is where dreams begin. Those blue lines set a parallel course that waffles between...
Sep 20, 20233 min read
One Afternoon in August - Jessica Chun Williams
Death and loss are surprising catalysts for new beginnings Now, it’s late afternoon. I’ve missed breakfast and a walk with my husband and...
Sep 9, 202312 min read
Lana Lang - Rocio Carranza
She had a choice, it was hers alone to make. Yet, the consequences were not hers alone to endure. ~ We laid side-by-side in the center of...
Aug 16, 202310 min read
She - Ana Neu
Note: This short story was inspired by Ana' Neu's original poem, "A big word for a woman," published on Sad Girl Diaries on 8/14/23 Click...
Jul 13, 202322 min read
Summer Marmalade - Ariana Tucker
Most people get butterflies in their stomachs. Mine were always more like wasps. I could feel them buzzing around my gut as I watched my...
Jun 25, 20231 min read
Ariana Tucker: Winner of the Spring 2023 Prose Contest
We are delighted to announce and congratulate Ariana Tucker, the writer behind the captivating short story Summer Marmalade, as the...
May 16, 20235 min read
Full Disclosure - Bara Swain
Dear Melinka, Aunt Jenny suggested sharing a chicken salad sandwich at a café we discovered on 23rd Street after returning three white...
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