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Short Fiction
 5 min

Lady in Red

Jmb

I meet her in Starbucks. Starbucks in London. London, Ontario. She's sitting just inside the glass door, on the corner of Dundas and Richmond Street.
Let me take you into the moment. It’s a Monday ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

An Eleventh Birthday

Jennifer Lavallee

A tower of packages teetered back and forth in the Bunch family sitting room. Boxes of unusual shapes and sizes were piled high on top of one another, a great beast that hung over the room like a dark ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Wooden Sole

Jbeas15

Her shoes glare at me as I wait on the couch for him to pour the wine. Though she is absent her shoes fill the room with her presence. Jay and Marina’s apartment is quiet, and lushly decorated with ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Auguries

Schoffman

Gordato Paré lost the ocular part of his vision when he was nineteen years-old. Luckily, he had a gift for second sight. He might have been precognitive or maybe even a bit psychokinetic. I neve ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

Selfie

BePatient

Before I was born, I wanted to be a photograph. At that time, I didn’t know whether it would be of my childhood, youth, or adulthood. Or of when I am dead. What mattered was that I had a negative and ...  [+]
Short Fiction
Short Fiction
 5 min

Another 9/11 Tale

ERY

Allan Krantz walked up the driveway hoping to pick up the truck he’d placed a down payment weeks ago. His brow furrowed.
Old Tomas, sat in the shade of an open garage, his black and white borde ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Knit One, Furl Two

JackBates

Darlene Brash retired early from education. Winning a lottery mega jackpot made that possible. Her friend Marcie Kilpatrick remained in the classroom. Wednesday evenings they met with the Closely Knit ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Badassery

Dahlia

I happen to be in a fairly fragile relationship right now. My boyfriend – if I can still call him that - is way too decent and way too kind and way too loving for someone like me. I know I shouldn’t ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Lipstick

Cal

The first time, it’d taken almost 45 minutes and a full bundle of rags to get the grease off the mirror, the twine from the bundle wrapped loosely around his wrist, hand working in ever-widening ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Blurred Faces

Christinezang

When you first open your eyes, all you can see is the brightness. You don’t know what it is, but you feel your stubby fingers reach for that light. Pale clouds of cream dot your vision as you squirm ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Homestead

Beautyfromashes40

The road was filled with ruts and weeds. Whispers from the past could be heard amongst the chirping of birds, the buzz of jumping grasshoppers, and butterflies that dotted the wildflowers.

The ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Dammit

grawlsy

We didn’t know he had Asperger’s then. He didn’t, and we didn’t. His parents hadn’t noticed, and what they happened to notice they medicated with anger, and Ritalin.

The late nineties. We ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

On My Last Living Day

Lennon B. Earles

I woke up on my last living day. Early, if you could imagine that. I figured losing a few hours of sleep wouldn't hurt, not today. I made coffee to drink on the porch step while the sun rose. The ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Family

Mountain Nose

The word “family” conjures recollections: Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas around the tree, rented summer bungalows by the shore. I have those in my memory. But I have an added image: three or fou ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Flickering

MXYRXM.11

Behind an old building was a girl, crouched in between the alley wall and a dirty, snow-covered dumpster. She was tucked away from the cruel chilling wind. The girl, still just a child, shivered ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Strange Altars

Pete

Sitting at the black, wax-encrusted table in the back of the spiritual shop I felt foolish. I had wandered into the front of the store, as I always do when visiting New Orleans, looking fo ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Kool-Aid Man

Sharri B

It was a hot summer day and the fans Brian had in his room weren't helping at all. The curtains were covering his window which was slightly ajar but the air was warm and stuffy, making him sweat even ...  [+]