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Short Fiction and Poetry
A Mad Pen by Navraj Goyal
Don’t mind me! I am just a
mad pen.
Ignore me, or walk
over me, trample my words.
What? No. Why should I mind? [...]
The Thaw by Dennis Stein
“The cat is dead…why doesn’t he just wait until spring?”
Pam sighed deeply, sliding her mug of tea away, and lowering her face into her h
Possibles; Dulcet Tones Reads A New Astronomy Book by Kenneth Pobo
POSSIBLES Maybe I’ll die while listening to “Jive Talkin’” by The Bee Gees, my disco feet tripping me so that I fall down the stairs and...
A Grandmother's Love by Dave Cline
"I don't do that anymore. Please stop asking." Morna set down her cup and stared at her daughter in-law. [...]
Canned Fruit Salad; Ice Sailor by Nolcha Fox
Cheap bastards.
Only one cherry [...]
Fur Trade by Margo McCall
The breeze carried a taste of prairie winter the first time Mark and Sofia passed the business with barred windows [...]
Not Yet; My 'round Town (chemo) Toddle by KC Hill
An old friend
shines down on my shoulders
soothing
pecking light on my cheek
warm kisses [...]
Gods of Time by Luke Beling
Drea tip-toed onto the overlook. The clouds moved like ghosts. She stared at the violent water of Dragon River [...]
Cautionary Tale; Gold Ribbon by Susan Richardson
I was once a damsel in a dress,
a sparkle in an eye that never blinked,
a master of incarcerating bitterness
on the back of my tongue [...]
Blackout by Zach Murphy
My roommate took off right before I lost my job at the pizza place. The only thing he left behind was a note [...]
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