Short Fiction and Poetry

Gavin Helmscott III had lived, if you could call what he did living, nearly three centuries whole and unmolested, if a bit faded of late[..]

An insidious intent tells our inner selves Of sacrifice and solitude, suspense and sacrilege, Of sorrows and souls' starvation [...]

This instrument I cannot tune between your ribs. Inside these shadowlands of birch and pine, your own svelte tongue ripe with sunlight.[...]

That toy called to her. It wasn’t anything special: likely only cost four bucks brand new. However, something about this [...]

I remember losing the horizon and everything above it. It doesn’t matter, you’d said, distracted, fixing the plate with silvered salts[...]

A couple months ago, I could navigate these streets in snowshoes. Pull myself forward by jabbing deep with ski poles. That’s impossible[...]

I would hold you closely in the confines of a nightmare We drift towards hollowness not a mention of empty pools of light [...]

I stood beside my father when he killed a rabbit at the back of our farm. It was the same day that Regan, my baby brother, was born. [...]

It started at twelve. Got worse at thirteen. He was dying to hold her hand. That’s what makes us all first burn: desire [...]

Shortlist Saturdays presents Newborn by Bill Garvey! [...]

Shortlist Saturdays presents Autumn Sonata by Zary Fekete! [...]

DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that The Water Ran Cold was chosen as the winning short story in our 2nd Anniversary Contest [...]

DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that Seekers by Laurie Koensgen was chosen as the winning poem in our 2nd Anniversary Contest [...]

DarkWinter Lit is excited to announce the writers who have been shortlisted for our Poetry and Short Story 2nd Anniversary competition [...]

DarkWinter Lit is excited to announce our inaugural Best Of The Net nominees for 2023! [...]

DarkWinter Lit is thrilled to announce that The Interview by Christopher Waldrop was chosen as the winning short story entry [...]

see me flail upon the riverbank I cannot breathe I said my body’s long brawn unwatered [...]

DarkWinter Lit is excited to announce the names of the writers who have been shortlisted for our Poetry and Short Story Contest! [...]