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Short Fiction and Poetry


Good Grief; Birth Order by Emily De Angelis
You found your mother last night
late in the cold autumn darkness.
Hauled her in from the shed
wrapped in a thread bare comforter [...]


The Glub-Glub by Dennis Stein
The ‘Glub-Glub’ was something that filled my mind with horror tonight. It had been swallowing at various intervals throughout my sleepless hours [...]


Looking Down by Chris Klassen
On these steps, on the third step to be precise, it's the best place to observe what's going on. First, it's a location in perfect balance. [...]


Ode To The Surgeon; Portrait Of A Daughter by Debbie Smith
Innocent girl working out math
Squeaky clean after PJs and bath
Pencil in hand, eraser at the ready [...]


The Approach; Abandonment Issues by Wayne Russell
The winter will be here soon
after this enchantment, this
copious splendor of Fall
the twirling leaves will fade
in their multitude of colors [...]


Ripcord by R.P. Logan
At the end of the Overseas Highway lies the island city of Key West. Where, at the Manatee Bar and Grill overlooking Key West Bight, I sat sipping and savouring a Mojito [...]


Sudden Weather by John Zedolik
Imagine sledding down this hill under
soft snow that has obliterated the street’s
concrete, its hard smacks and jagged cracks, [...]


By Cortelyou Rd. Station by Alaina Hammond
The car almost hits me. I say “the car.” I should really say “the man driving the car” or even just “the man.” [...]


Everything Goes Wrong by Catherine Austen
It’s not that you loved her or felt she saw the best in you. It’s not that you’re sad she’s gone. It’s that she’s gone to Scott McConnell [...]


Winter's Irony by Jane H. Fitzgerald
As far back as my mind can envision,
our large eclectic, extended family
convened at my grandparents’ Victorian house [...]
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