Short Fiction and Poetry

The cake was purchased from Gladwell’s Bakery on Queen’s Street. The shop had a pastel pink front door and a window display adorned with strawberry-filled pastries[...]

In a dimly lit room, the lute player twists the strings at the head of his instrument. Six more people are seated around him at the dinner table. [...]

The heavy door into the house will open again, soon enough. They are going to need to refill the trough for us. [...]

The Viet Cong had surrounded the last few remaining soldiers. It was up to him to get them out. The heat of the Vietnam jungle seeped into his open pores. [...]

DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce our latest release, the exciting (and humorous) space adventure The Ballad of Omega Brown by Tom Vaine [...]

The red berries in the backyard were too tempting not to eat. So, I told June, my friend next door, that they were magical. [...]

Baxter House Editions, an imprint of DarkWinter Press, is thrilled to announce the release of Tapestry of Tales and Poetry, an anthology by the Writers of Brant [...]

DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce our latest release, the poetry collection little town blues, by Paul Robert Mullen [...]

Dearest Mother, I told you I would write to you every single day while you are recovering from your surgery, so here I am [...]

1. I have many strange stories: this is one I seldom tell because I don’t know how. I don’t know what to make of it myself. My interpretation of the memory has changed [...]

First, there was nothing, so he felt nothing. Then, a melting happened. A spreading happened. Bubbles arose in the nothing [...]

Declan had been alone when he saw the doe and fawn in the forest. His friend had gone on about some secret cave in the nearby woods [...]

Maddie liked to chew her hair yet no one liked to watch her do it. Feels right, she’d think to herself before blurting it out loud [...]

Commotion came from every direction. Even the lights seemed loud. The city buzzed like it was hiding something. A secret. [...]

The sky was hazy. The sun shown straight down from above, piercing through the upper sky until it fairly burned [...]

It was the year we went decimal, the year of Apollo 14 and My Sweet Lord. It was the year Foxy Rogers didn’t come back to school. [...]

If anyone in Htou’s village had been familiar with the scientific method, they might’ve said she had a scientific mind. [...]

Most families have one, apparently. A person who is concerned with the visits, upkeep and well being of the family graves.[...]

It took several minutes for him to process the awesome sight of the massive Great Lakes freighter [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release Beyond Hover: Dimensional Weaves by Janet Frances Lopes [...]