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Short Fiction and Poetry


Semicircle (or) The Arc of a Shore By Robert Frede Kenter
I would hold you closely
in the confines of a nightmare
We drift towards hollowness
not a mention of
empty pools of light [...]


Shortlist Saturdays: The Hollow Crown by Sharon Frayne
I stood beside my father when he killed a rabbit at the back of our farm. It was the same day that Regan, my baby brother, was born. [...]


On Our Seventh Anniversary; Cat's Tongue, House No. One Hundred and Ten by Kushal Poddar
A frayed postman
wearing a threadbare flat cap
delivers a letter you posted
seven years ago. [...]


Somersaulting the Seaweed by Mehreen Ahmed
Seaweed tonic balms the skin; the precious ingredients are locked in. Pores close as soon as the body is taken out of a warm bath [...]


Feather by Jason Buchholz
Leaves and twigs crackled under his boots as he slowly walked along the forest trail, a wind storm the night before [...]


walking the diurnal purlieu; tenement, spirit, and pastoral worlds by Brian Michael Barbeito
beyond the forest a field appears, but first you walk though a path that is framed on the sides by tall sumac red [...]


DarkWinter Press New Release: An Individual by Chris Klassen!
DarkWinter Press is excited to announce our latest release, An Individual by Chris Klassen, available now!


Shortlist Saturdays: Fancy A Chinese? by Chezza Lee
“I think I fancy a Chinese tonight. You?”
I swear mealtimes never used to be this uncomfortable.
“Uh...I’ll just go with English, today[...]


Shortlist Saturdays: Unfinished Letter in Reverse by Steve Denehan
try not to forget
try to remember
try to remember
try to remember [...]


Phantasmagoria by Kenneth Vincent Walker
The dimly lit stage has
Been lavishly set as
Obscure shape-shifting
Images and frightening [...]
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