Short Fiction and Poetry

Last year, 2019, on the eve of the Vernal Equinox, during the calling in of Spring, we stopped a late-season blizzard, halted it, [...]

Beth slid the picture into a crack in the stone wall of the summer cabin. Maybe Charles would find it and remember her, someday. [...]

It’s a beautiful June day, and there is no excuse not to get off my butt, walk downtown, and get my Library Card. [...]

We built a home of sunflower petals A big he loves me he loves me not We caroused in thunderstorms [...]

DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce our latest release, the fascinating linked story collection by Cindy Matthews, Audrey Droop: Stories! [...]

Feet braced, Bit looks up at me, wide-eyed, wisps of hair escaping from her tight braids. “I don’t want to.” [...]

What is this love affair with an old memory? What hold does it have over you? Your thoughts, emotions, longings [...]

It needs to be scooped out, measured into containers like flour, salt and sugar in the cow-shaped bowl[...]

I’m filled with joy as the soap and water batter my body, cleaning away the dirt. Through the bubble glass, I see the world spin. [...]

I lift the basket & set it by the roots. Each orange comes away clean, no sound but the soft thump as it lands. [...]