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Short Fiction and Poetry


Agent Emergent; The Cult of the Sentence by Ben Nardolilli
We meant sour mouse and not sugar mouse, our mistake, please
keep trusting us to produce your children’s literature [...]


Sleep Paralysis by Todd Matson
You have been my client now
for over a quarter of a century.
To this day I hear you asking
all the wrong questions [...]


Left With Tombstones; Sickeningly Normal by Richard LeDue
Realizing how small your life is,
especially next to a dinosaur skeleton
someone carefully dusted and cleaned [...]


Sigil by Sanjeev Sethi
The road maps itself out. Pallbearers look around,
but there is no public transport [...]


Small City by Nathan Bateman
How I’d love to fall in love with you and see the city on a tandem bike (I can’t bike, you’ll have to help me). [...]


Route Sixty-something by Craig Kirchner
It was disgustingly hot, no clouds, no breeze,
felt as though if you reached just a bit
you could touch the sun. There is a diner [...]


Illusions by Alice Landrum
I saw a summer tanager
or did I just see a mirage?
There was only a glimpse of red
on my left side as I walked [...]


Irreparable; Once Again I Am by Bobby Steve Baker
Sunlight flicks the pineal switch
and The Clever Boy roils out of bed
slipping unseen past the Scylla and Charybdis [...]


DarkWinter Press New Release: Hopper by Steve Denehan!
DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, the ekphrastic poetry collection Hopper by Steve Denehan!


Winter Poem; The Afternoon Was Feline by Patricia Wallesverd
The road East today was empty.
My blue Pontiac
was the only car on the dark road.
Winter fog hung in the air [...]


2:19 Tomorrow; Window Watching by Nate Ritchie
When I escape this Nightmare,
I’ll be onto the next.
Nothing ever changes,
not for the better.
I wonder why I hope.[...]


The Art of Death; Air Hockey Club by George Sandifer-Smith
My bells sings from my gold
and black-washed neck, slinking
between the monuments, rolling on
stones that dance [...]


The Vampire by Douglas Walters
I saw a man tonight who obviously
Did not belong;
He walked amongst his children
And they were all bathed
In silver; [...]


Lacuna; Imbolc by Erin Emily Ann Vance
We found a warning carved into a rock
so my brothers rolled it into the culvert
on the side of the road. [...]


For Some Reason by Jason Ryberg
The night sky is alive tonight
with glittering Diamels
and chittering super-strings
of crickets, [...]


Incantation Du Jour by Thomas Piekarski
Send me astray where I can fling my heart away.
I’ll meet you there atop the stairs far from here. [...]


The Flowers by Sheila E. Murphy
The flowers warmed to the sound of her voice
When she sang in lower case her alto matte finish voice
Delicate petals half fell [...]


Little Women and The Batman: The Movie; The Good Sailor by Raquel Fletcher
Their families are pleased to announce the marriage of their children
Miss Jo March and Master Bruce Wayne on June 1, 1867 [...]


On the Textile Factory Floor; Driving Toward Tucson by John Grey
A giant loom
with ten thousand bobbins
churns out blanket after blanket [...]


Antiquity by Erin Jamieson
how quickly flames
are smothered in shadows
statuesque marble monuments
glint in sunlight for a day [...]
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