Short Fiction and Poetry

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

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 love of your life Tells you she’s had it; The old shoe will not do. She grown, easily, a size or two, [...]

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

The pensioned depravity of eyes obsessed by needlepoint loss of hunger for friends grasping worn leather purses [...]

The first dog, a big Irish setter of all things, was spotted after Memorial Day. I knew it was that weekend because I’d gone for a hike[...]

The swallows of Shady Bend carry the ghosts on the wisps of their tails, dragging them to the bridge from the muddy banks of the Saline[..]

oh, but she’s a breezy, cool one today, a tempestuous zephyr running roughshod over early spring reveries of blissful meadows [...]

Allison chipped off her red nail polish, slowly peeling one sliver at a time until her natural pink and white peeked through [...]