Short Fiction and Poetry

Count on that as truth with a capital T. Just as you have lost your mother’s laugh, the timbre of your father crying. [...]

I walk at dawn the forest trail, I cherish time alone to be with nature as it wakes, it’s here I feel at home. [...]

The order came as schools were letting out. Russ, finishing up his freelance work at home, was unaware of the drama playing out nearby [...]

How would I know why night follows day! I can’t even tell you why my tongue craves liquids that burn in the throat. [...]

On my first day, the elevator takes too long. The doors close with their usual softness, but instead of rising immediately, the car waits. [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce the authors and their books that we've secured as of now for the remainder of 2026 until Fall 2027! [...]

Smiling, my tea mug reminds me every morning that I need to take twenty pain pills to make it through the day. Too painful to smile back. [...]

January 5th, 2004 The patient presents with two unusual growths on the underside of their left breast. On biopsy, both growths appear to be tomato plants.

Everything is going according to plan.Dinner was nothing less than perfect. I made reservations at a rooftop steakhouse [...]

I reach into the bramble, accepting each bite, a sting as strong as sweetness on my fingers. [...]