"After Dinner She Came Up" by Julia Ruth Smith
She was not what I’d been expecting; not less but somehow not quite enough. She was a stunner, slim waist, cross-legged now on the rug; a...
- Feb 20
- 1 min
"When She Set the Alarm for Two" by Jenny Wong
Luna and John sat side by side, a pair of clocks unwound into stillness. Their faces stared forward. Backs leaned up against a cracked...
- Feb 20
- 4 min
"Pieces of" by Pascale Potvin
CW: mentions/light description of sexual violence, murder, and cannibalism. Defendant name: Andrew F Moore (A.M.) Age: 36 Court: Leeds...
- Feb 6
- 4 min
"Possession" by Karen Lethlean
His first big mistake was telling me. You gotta love over-sharing in the office. Left himself wide open, Gaz did. Never let a chance go...
- Feb 6
- 2 min
"The Christmas Concert, Front Row" by Rachel Canwell
I am in the church hall when those first notes begin. Like crystallised raindrops landing in a pail. Your song. Familiar, unexpected,...
- Feb 6
- 3 min
"Monologue Intérieur" by Chakrika
I feel like Pluto. That is to say I feel for it. Amidst days that have been like a sore, numb limb, I have only experienced a sensation...
- Feb 6
- 4 min
"Shallow waters" by B F Jones
They get drenched between the cab and the front door. Quick Daddy! The twins laugh-scream, wetter by the second as he fumbles for his...
- Jan 2
- 1 min
"Never wake your sleeping hero" by Kik Lodge
Never wake your sleeping hero because he’s probably dream-drooling over the hottie he’s with in Gala, coconut oiling her bum cheeks, and...
- Jan 2
- 3 min
"The Camel" by Margo Griffin
Forever relegated to the role of the elder and more responsible child, I delivered almost every sibling disaster headline to my mother....
- Jan 2
- 2 min
"Men Who Cross the Border" by Francois Bereaud
It happens on a Thursday. The morning offers the usual odors: armpits, assholes, instant coffee, and cheap cigarettes dominate, but,...
- Jan 2
- 1 min
"At Dupar’s Café" by Dylan Willoughby
He sat in an all-night diner. A waitress who resembled Bela Lugosi crept then flew towards him. He was reading Ibsen, which he regretted....
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
"The Rest is Lost" by Julia Ruth Smith
It was a toffee door, open for everyone, closed after midnight. There was family and dogs on the staircase; coffee-drop lozenges going up...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
"Created" by Sky Sprayberry
The reports of my creation were greatly exaggerated. Everyone believed that Prometheus carefully crafted me from clay, that Athena...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
"Inked Lines" by Rachel Canwell
She pushes her hip against his. Slender teenage hips, denim-clad and barely there. She can feel a burn beneath the fabric, chafing on her...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
"Games night" by Bonnie Meekums
I laid it out very carefully this time. I didn’t want to lose any pieces, just in case everyone turned up. Last time, there was only me...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
"Obsessionals" by Epi Rogan
At first, He was charming and kind. Then things started to happen, That made me think, He’s not right in the head. He was becoming...
- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
"Snapshot" by Kellie Scott-Reed
“God makes you hopeful at 19, at 20, so you have the fire to go out and reproduce; the foolishness to believe the world is a place worth...
- Nov 28, 2021
- 6 min
"Vessel" by Tiffany M Storrs
She always carried her basket the way they carried water in the old days, perched high on her shoulder like a vessel. He vaguely...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
"What She Remembers" by Kellie Scott-Reed
“You know the stolen vehicle from that police chase in the city last week? The one that wrecked with a mother of five? Well, that was...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 4 min
"Monk", "A Slice of Pizza", and "Do What You Love" by Laura Stamps
MONK “None of you are called to cure the broken people in your life,” the monk teaches. “You’re called to care.” Kayla is sitting...