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Short Fiction and Poetry


Maelstrom by Jason J. Buchholz
The coming cataclysm loomed closer and closer as the skies darkened from the lack of light left over from the initial cosmic event [...]


Under Cover of Night by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Under cover of night
A cold chill ensuing;
Something wasn’t
Quite right, [...]


Congratulations to our 2025 Best Of The Net Nominees!
DarkWinter Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2025 Best Of The Net nominees! [...]


Dark Jazz by Paulette Hampton
I listen to dark jazz
In the shadows and corners
Of my mind
Its unrelenting beat
Thrums against my sanity [...]


Long Time Journal Editor Dies by Elaine McCluskey
William (Bill) Winkle, a dedicated and irascible 40-year overnight editor at the Toronto Journal, [...]


Kevin by Christopher Woods
They rose slowly from the bowels of the ship, toward the restaurant deck. They listened to Muzak selections as the elevator ascended [...]


By The Numbers by Marcy Nicholas
While my AP English students always read an excerpt from A Room’s of One Own, they must experience one of Woolf’s novels. [...]


Gumshoe Gus: The Case of the Stolen Ad Jingle by Jon Moray
His name was Jasper Jangle. He was the self-proclaimed master of the jingle for all area businesses. He crept into my office [...]


The Ice Cream Stand by Kelleigh Cram
I am lost, searching this beach for hours to find our Airbnb. There was some kind of accident, you were hurt, but the details are fuzzy [...]


Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, 2016; Bessey, 1968 by Bart Sides
“It’s all about balance,”
Shirlene said,
Tying the surgical cord around
Her arm, with
Trembling fingers [...]
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