The Waiting Room by Emily Toliver
30 minutes. It was quiet. My palms were starting to sweat and now the pounding in my chest traveled to my ears [...]
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Stories
Imprint by J.R. Andrews
In sixth grade, the first year of middle school, our Physical Education teacher was Coach Stogie. He really was shaped like a stubby [...]
Loss by Yvette Schnoeker-Shorb
“Michelle, they are waiting,” a familiar voice drifted into her consciousness. Michelle, a young woman [...}
Sympathy by Christopher Sworen
The night was defined by a pouring rain and it was as dark as could be, and the woman walking down the street didn’t know anyone [...]
The Well by Swetha Amit
My face stares back at me from my reflection--a white face with searching eyes endowed with a mass of curly waves. [...]
Rebirth by Mackenzie Kemp
While this being has existed for centuries, taking on various forms and saving countless civilizations [...]
Ghost Memory by Jayson Carcione
The snow covered the tyre tracks. The snow cleaned the blood from the tyres, from the sickly yellow headlights of the car [...]
New River Gorge by Stacy Wentworth
Clive chomped away at the soggy marsh grass, water dripping out of his mouth and down his long neck. He put his head down again [...]
Watching Her Without Me by Madeleine D'Este
The first night I stood watching her house, there was drizzle. Under a wide-leaved fig tree, a foots-breadth away [...]
The Island Of Forever Sleep by William Falo
I paddled the canoe out into the lake, trying to find the exact locations where my father taught me to fish. It seemed impossible [...]
Sagittarius by Braden Matthew
Outside, the moon has taken to blue. So, too, have the windows, the doors, the oaks, the eiderdown, and the vaporous air [...]
Tree When You're Tall by Alan Bern
“TREE when you're tall,
now reach up high,” the librarian calls out, jumping up in his sandals just a little bit [...]
Hide And Seek by Damian Anastasia Onyinyechi
“Honey, our son is not in his room.”
I stare back at my wife in her cute pink pyjamas and ruffled hair, looking all beautiful [...]
The Attic by Maxine Flam
A telegram arrived stating my cousin, Virginia, was dead. Be on the 8:00 p.m. train to Wichita. Marshall Adams would meet me [...]
You Don't Want To Know by Paul Lee
The Appalachian Trail ran 71 miles through the Great Smoky Mountains. After trekking the first mile, the Huxley family stopped [...]
Inheritance by Rohan Clifford
Before the cockerel’s dawn call, Adeen counted ten blind steps, found the gate post with an outstretched hand, and turned right [...]
Even A Bureau Has Limits by Nathan Scott Herzog
I watch a woman bend over double. She buries her head in the lowest drawer, her rear cresting over her shoulders. She thumps the wood [...]
To A Flame by T. Quinn Hurley
There is nothing quite like hurling yourself into a mass of people who are knowingly about to push back. Everyone is running in circles[...]
Dangerous Undercurrents by Ivanka Fear
“Rules are meant to be broken.”
I should have put up more of an argument when Calder suggested we ignore the signs. [...]
Good Morning by Chris Klassen
It's not as easy as just getting out of bed in the morning without any thought. It takes a lot of thought. And discipline. [...]
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