Penance by Kathleen Strongarone
Another night has come and gone. Another night of counting the hours until daybreak. Another morning watching the sun slowly rise [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
A Sale Lease-Back by Aneeka Usman
"Selling? Yeah, I am aware that’s what people call it," he tittered.Contrary to what I was told, he didn’t have pointy, shark-like teeth[..]
I Hear You by Collins Aguilar
He brought a gun to the house.
It is a cold and heavy and alien-looking thing that Daniel waves in his left hand [...]
A Remedy For The Rat Race by Rizza Corella Punsalan
1, 2, 3. Joe drank as quickly as he could so nobody could catch him. Flames licked his throat, and sunlight held his skin [...]
Disciple by Chris Klassen
When I first announced that I was leaving everything to follow Him, my wife and daughter couldn't understand. [...]
Self-Eye by Eddie Malone
I understood very early that I was not Bonny despite what my parents named me. But I could make myself forget. [...]
Unraveling by Dinah Susan Alobeid
Celeste hunches over the bin. Plick. Plick plick. Peeler against sweet potato taps out the percussive diatribe ever playing around her[...]
The Heirloom by Philip Madden
All of Annie’s life had been devoted to making herself disappear, from the time her mother had vanished [...]
Why Is The Couch Missing? by Kevin Lynch
The apartment smelled the same as it had for the last three weeks and it wasn’t exactly pleasant [...]
4.250 by Emil Lewis
“It's now been 25 days since the sombs have attacked. Most of us don't even bother counting, as each day is a struggle in itself [...]
September by Adrienne Newcomb
September is a funny month. You never know how she will present herself: clinging fiercely to the last late orange and pink sunsets [...]
The Neighbourhood Eatery by Garry Engkent
At first, it was just stray dogs, cats, raccoons, rabbits and other small animals…
We ate well. We learned how to cook [...]
Owl by Wendy Bloom
Owl awoke into an alternate universe, grossly apparent because he’d previously been flying through the clear night sky [...]
Gangs Of The Aftermath by Dave Cline
They rove in hordes, packs on the hunt, rot and decay their realm. Their station has shifted, not up, not down, but sideways [...]
A Lesson In Adaptation by Virginia Wilson
Noah came back on a Sunday. The town called it a sign of God’s goodness, but Mama didn’t see it like that. She could never agree [...]
Loverdius and Melidora: A Romance (Active Now) by Basiliké Pappa
My lady, a year and a day have passed; yesterday’s snows have melted. But the deep bond we once forged was never broken in my heart. [...]
A Game Of Eightball by Mark Tulin
It was 7 p.m. I was tired and sweaty from a long workday and wanted to go home. But instead, I waited in an uncomfortable hospital [..]
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 [...]
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 [...}
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