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Short Fiction and Poetry
Chicken Spending Her Time With Me by Terry Trowbridge
A chicken is not a poultice
even though I hug one to my chest.
She followed me around all Summer
pressing lawn under her scratchy toes [...]
an apology letter to my string of turtles by Alissa Miller
i have piled your shriveled shells in the corner of the windowsill. my knees fused together, i let the bedsheet terror consume me. [...]
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, [...]
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