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Short Fiction and Poetry


The Butterfly Heart Paradox by Richard M. Ankers
Humans have ever exalted butterflies for their beauty and imperial majesty. But touch one, and you risk destroying it [...]


Pansy House by Lori Everett
“We have to cross here. We can’t walk by pansy house.”
I looked at Marlene. “Pansy house?”
“It’s a bungalow down the block [...]


Entranced; My Soul Lies In These Hills by Margaret Randall
I heard the cry of seagulls far away.
It echoed in the chambers overhead
And lingered in my ears a while,
So serene and peaceful [...]


Summer Days That I Love; Illusions Of Summer by Yuu Ikeda
Tears like summer rain
mark complicated emotions
on my cheeks [...]


The Machinist by Dennis Stein
Just a couple more steps and he would be in the perfect spot. The spotlights on the machine shone through the rain [...]


Hidebound; Wax Fruit by Michael Igoe
These darkened bones
of half broken horses.
Arguing at a gallop
soon they became
drenched in lather [...]


Mary Parker by Eileen Patterson
Luke Russell held the rock in his hand. He didn’t know why he picked up the rock; he just had a need to hold it [...]


Smoke by Monique Berkin
My thoughts swirl and collide, then rip apart, lost to me. Time has no meaning, and I drift trapped [...]


What Home Do You Leave?; Why Do I Suddenly Feel Free Of Panic? by Ace Boggess
City that held me in its undercurrents:
drug deals, bars at night, bands
that came & went like minor crimes [...]


Crystalgia (In Stranger Steps) by Basiliké Pappa
The drizzle had no idea how to take the next step and burst into rain. A leaf the color of autumn drifted [...]
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