Short Fiction and Poetry

Magda is hospitalized her body colonized her head on fire. She flails. Her busy hands claw empty air. [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, the beautiful poetry and photography collection Consumed by Karolina Bednarek! [...]

When his mother finally took him to the doctor, after his fever wouldn't break and he complained of a sore throat and fatigue, she seemed almost pleased [...]

When a blizzard blows in, I pull out your mint green blanket With its giant squares and stars Knitted and stitched with love [...]

rattle proclamations. Seeds rise from an open-mouthed surprise; [...]

I sold my soul to be a poet, but the devil told me I looked more like an editor. [...]

the dawn fog sees my birth, born of water, my egg pierced by hatchling [...] claws

If only it had not rained the sky black and wet as we hurried across streets. [...]

You only understand ants once you know what it is to share things, to share what you have counted and saved.

They tell me that I will reap what I sow All of my tears fall like seeds to the ground I am the grass from which everything grows

We meant sour mouse and not sugar mouse, our mistake, please keep trusting us to produce your children’s literature [...]

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

Realizing how small your life is, especially next to a dinosaur skeleton someone carefully dusted and cleaned [...]

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

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). [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sunlight flicks the pineal switch and The Clever Boy roils out of bed slipping unseen past the Scylla and Charybdis [...]

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

The road East today was empty. My blue Pontiac was the only car on the dark road. Winter fog hung in the air [...]