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Short Fiction and Poetry


The Face Of Time by J. Kerr
The face of time
A countenance of what is.
Long forgot is what was. Like dust from boot. [...]


The Bone Necklace by Katherine Hunter
The wooden sign on the door—Lady Peripeteia: Wise Woman and Spiritual Healer—indicates to Flora that she is at the right place. [...]


Neither Reciprocation Nor Restitution Wanes by Colin James
There is an entity living behind my couch.
Occasionally it will grab a neck hair
freaking out the vacillating stoners. [...]


The Necromancer's Birthday Party by Alia Khan
Half-plate, named for the type of armor he wears, has been a skeleton warrior fighting in the Necromancer’s army [...]


Spheres by Scott Johnson
Janice held the page with a shaky hand. The litter of numbers and letters blurred before her eyes. I can’t think straight anymore. [...]


Routine Procedure With Advance Directive by Marda Messick
In the operating room before
I go onto the table, go under
& undergo the knife [...]


Two Oaks by Barry Yedvobnick
I drop onto the couch next to Sally, thinking about lost time.
She touches my cheek and points to the ceiling. “You’re wiped out [...]


The Patchwork Poems by Sonja Boon
work and mendings
for criminal politics:
a handbook for hookers [...]


The 'C' Word by Dennis Stein
All that Phil Rollins could do was sit there, his eyes fixed at a point low on the wall of the office. His hands lay intertwined [...]


Closing Credits by Kenneth Vincent Walker
No need to awaken
Me from the depths
Of my sleep.
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