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Short Fiction and Poetry


Beneath Neon Dreams: A Beggar's Choice by Nicholas M
The stale air of the undercity hung heavy, clinging to Kai like a second skin. The incessant hum of the neon signs above, bleeding [...]


snowbirding by Natalye Childress
it’s springtime in the nearctic realm. another season
among the almácigo ends, as sun shadows contract. [...]


Prairie Boy by Gregg Norman
Canlit wild child
Homeboy emeritus
Frail and failing when I met him
Under Merna’s watchful eye [...]


Sled by R.J. Sennett
My old sled hung in Aunt Tiss’s garage like a tattered old towel.
On trips North, we’d visit it like a mummy in the Carnegie Museum. [...]


Prudence Jones by E.P. Lande
Her face was arresting; it made you feel instantly sorry for her husband. It was not a face that would likely launch a thousand ships [...]


DarkWinter Press New Release: Knives All Blade by Bojana Stojčić
DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, the debut short story collection Knives All Blade by Bojana Stojčić [...]


Ex-Boyfriend as The Daddy Longlegs in My Bathroom by Carly M. Uebel
I see you on your evening walk past the diner on Ravenswood. From my perch in the empty planter, I watch as you pause [...]


The Old Shoe Will Not Do by Bart Edelman
The love of your life
Tells you she’s had it;
The old shoe will not do.
She grown, easily, a size or two, [...]


Released by Clyde Liffey
Soon after the court released me from all family ties, I found out I was transferred. [...]


No Plans For Tomorrow by Diana Raab
The pensioned
depravity of eyes
obsessed by needlepoint
loss of hunger for friends
grasping worn leather purses [...]
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