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Mar 173 min read
"All Night Dance Party" by Neil Willcox
It’s Midnight and Cinderella’s still dancing. The Prince missed a couple of steps in surprise. But so what if she’s no longer in formal...
Mar 32 min read
"The Bird’s Garden" by Taylor Miles-Behrens
The third person to walk by outside yells, “It’s the bird’s garden!” before turning away. While it may be the bird’s garden, the baby is...
Mar 32 min read
"Whitecaps" by Meg Tuite
Blasted by winds of silent rage, this would be nothing less than a tsunami. No trees left standing. The Northeastern constricted...
Feb 182 min read
"Miracles Come in All Sorts of Ways" by Slawka G. Scarso
From the street, the house doesn’t ooze the unhappiness she had always believed it would. She sits in the car – fingertips drumming on...
Feb 182 min read
"Ghost of the Mountain" by Huina Zheng
Amid the solemnity of Qingming, I ventured up the mountain, a lone pilgrim on a path of remembrance. Winding upwards, the trail was a...
Feb 42 min read
"Johnny Tree Counter" by Will Musgrove
At a work function, Brad, our resident brown-noser and office know-it-all, told our general manager that Earth harbors more trees than...
Feb 44 min read
"Signseers" by Sarp Sozdinler
A face so beautiful you’d hate seeing it age. He had to die young. Almost. Fingers, hard-knuckled yet so delicate, at once pulling and...
Feb 42 min read
"All At Sea" by Geraldine McCarthy
He drives the coast road as if it were a motorway. I hold my breath as the car careens around bends, praying we don’t meet a tractor, or...
Feb 42 min read
"Sunday at the Farmer's Market" & "RSVP" by Amy Marques
Sunday at the Farmer’s Market Once upon a long time ago, Helena wore low heels, but now even orthopedic sneakers don’t keep her feet from...
Jan 283 min read
"Hiding" by Lauren Dennis
I was the only one who noticed Jenny’s poorly concealed black eye as she bent down to hide another Easter egg. She used to be a beauty...
Jan 283 min read
"Part Delicacy, Part Despair" by Leslie Cairns
I’m Aware that when I do all the dog walks at night, I should carry my car keys. That my job is laced with sloppy kisses, but just under...
Jan 214 min read
"Listen, Ruthie" by L Mari Harris
I’m at my first court-mandated anger management meeting when a woman with frosted pink lipstick bleeding into her smoker’s lines leans in...
Jan 213 min read
"Electric Chair Suplex" by J.B. Kalf
I sat in the hospital waiting room in my full regalia — blue sequins chafing my thighs while the cut tee I was wearing made me a bit too...
Jan 72 min read
"Mimesis" by Luanne Castle
after Remedios Varo’s painting Mimesis I have become the focus of my tabby cat, Mimesis. She will ignore flies and mice, but rather than...
Jan 72 min read
"Vacuum" by B F Jones
Content Warning: Suicide/Death 13th of October 1989 was the day mum vacuumed the Lego. I remember the date, because it was the day after...
Jan 74 min read
"Seven Nation Army" by nat raum
On a mild night in late August, my mother dropped us off outside of the stadium, handed me twenty dollars, and went on her way. I looked...
Jan 73 min read
"Monster in the Stairwell at Work" & "The Mothman's Bride" by Cecilia Kennedy
Monster in the Stairwell at Work The elevator at work won’t reach the top floor, so I take it as far as it’ll go and find the stairs, and...
Jan 72 min read
"Empty Words" by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
CW: mention of miscarriage It’s the tilt of her head that catches your attention first. Such an attitude! You envy her for a fleeting...
Jan 43 min read
"Selling" by George Oliver
We sell popcorn. It’s our job, even if it’s not a sufficient economic provider. We abide by rules and maintain standards and report to an...
Jan 42 min read
"Withering Plants" by CLS Sandoval
My nana used to have a patio at her apartment that was full of lush, green potted plants. I remember her taking such pride in opening...
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