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Short Fiction and Poetry


A Green Guitar Case and a Pocket Full of Cash at a Bus Stop in Texas by Rosemary Porto
Judy and her mother, Darleen, lived in a trailer park with a revolving door of random men. Ever since Judy’s daddy left home [...]


Angry River by John Ganshaw
The water moved so fast as it hurled itselfÂ
over the upper falls. The rapids were of which I had never seen.Â
The majestic power [...]


DarkWinter Press New Release: A Thousand Miles of Road by Joseph Kraus!
DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce our latest release, the story collection A Thousand Miles of Road, by Joseph Kraus [...]


Maelstrom by Jason J. Buchholz
The coming cataclysm loomed closer and closer as the skies darkened from the lack of light left over from the initial cosmic event [...]


Under Cover of Night by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Under cover of night
A cold chill ensuing;
Something wasn’t
Quite right, [...]


Congratulations to our 2025 Best Of The Net Nominees!
DarkWinter Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2025 Best Of The Net nominees! [...]


Dark Jazz by Paulette Hampton
I listen to dark jazz
In the shadows and corners
Of my mind
Its unrelenting beat
Thrums against my sanity [...]


Long Time Journal Editor Dies by Elaine McCluskey
William (Bill) Winkle, a dedicated and irascible 40-year overnight editor at the Toronto Journal, [...]


Kevin by Christopher Woods
They rose slowly from the bowels of the ship, toward the restaurant deck. They listened to Muzak selections as the elevator ascended [...]


By The Numbers by Marcy Nicholas
While my AP English students always read an excerpt from A Room’s of One Own, they must experience one of Woolf’s novels. [...]
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