On Losing Someone Twice - Abigail Thomas
Rain hit the hood of my car in gigantic, pounding swings. I could barely see Sunset through the wet gray. A wash of same color sky and...
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Apr 9, 20238 min read
2021 - Sarah Ondriezek
It had been a very long year. The plastic flute of champagne on the table before me was undrinkable - as disappointing as the year that...
Apr 5, 202313 min read
Amanita - Abby Pelaez
Thriving amidst a pile of dead leaves, the white-capped mushroom looked like a tasty find. Travis glanced between the living specimen to...
Mar 5, 202319 min read
The Matron - Daryl Ellerbe
*This is the winning selection of the Fall 2022 $300 Fall Short Story, Fiction, & Non-Fiction Contest. The first sound was snow falling...
Feb 13, 20238 min read
Dirty Little Secrets - Shelby Hunt
Evelyn Knight stared out the window of the black limo, anxious to get home and see her mother, she picked at her nails in her lap. Evelyn...
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Rusalka - Hannah Cole
It’s like drawing in sand. This is what Rusalka whispers through the crack in the bathroom stall, referring to the men she meets in...
Jan 13, 202314 min read
Unending, Unchanging Midnight - Emma Neal
Growing up, and by that I mean my emo-middle school era, I was obsessed with the “forbidden.” It really wasn’t that scandalous, it just...
Dec 28, 20227 min read
Welded Flowers - Tiffany Lindfield
The room was dark, perpetually, except for a single table lamp; it wasn’t enough to make Angelic feel safe. She remembered the night sky,...
Dec 23, 202217 min read
Always Late - Deanna McFadden
Pressure hummed throughout their days, an oven too hot or too cold, a child sleeping late or refusing to get into their winter gear, a...
Dec 9, 202211 min read
The Zoo - Jean Gismervik
“What are we going to do about the crocodiles?” Elseid’s bluntness was often unnecessary, but this time he was not wrong in his...
Nov 10, 202211 min read
Le Laurier Rose - Cathleen Davies
Something was amiss. The rings were gold in colour, but that was where all resemblance ended. The so-called diamonds hung, heavy and dull...
Aug 15, 20226 min read
Being with Him - Melissa Mark
\Being with him embodies that feeling, like the one that surged through me moments before every high school football game. Back then, we...
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