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Creative Nonfiction
 1 min

Marriage

Allegra KIng

Our messy married life; wabi-sabi beautiful, imperfect,
impermanent, and forever incomplete.

Continually, we mend the chipped and broken pieces into art, our art, our life. Like Japanese ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

My Homes

John Cooper

I'm from the suburbs,
pristine and green.
Flora lines the front yards,
with Roses and ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Looking for a Story

Isaac Buckley

What is one thing that everyone has but none of them are the same? The easy answer is a story. Where can a story be found? It can be found anywhere, as Callie found out one night long ago. Callie was ...  [+]
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
 5 min

Toodles: The Early Years

Rose Rowe

Heart pounding wildly, he cavorted through the house, wreaking botanical havoc. Hearing an anguished cry as his assault on the houseplants was discovered, he tossed his head in spirited defiance ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction
 3 min

Fault Line

Abby Knudsen

Evan's body lay sprawled on the outcropping below, just above the reservoir.

Millie hadn't meant to. She was only joking, only trying to stop him from being such a wimp. She could still feel ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 2 min

Conversation

Kezia Burgoyne

She always went to the library on Tuesdays. For three years, she floated among the bookshelves on Tuesdays, curling up in her own private corner to read history and science—but only books with ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

In Contempt

Ash Huggins

"-ll rise, court is now in session."

The room spun as she opened her eyes and her vision slowly returned, like a very bright light burning into her eyes after staring into darkness. He ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Ancient Prophecy

Natasha Bowie

An Oracle stepped into the centre of the village, surrounded by villagers. There was a clearing that was bordered by busy shops filled with bustling people. It was as if everyone was out, waiting fo ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Suburbia

Kiley Smith

Suburbia has trees that stretch
up toward the cotton candy sky;
where bad parents play games ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

The Mirror

Kiley Smith

The mirror startled her. She did not see it right away, not until she had already gone several steps past it. Her inability to immediately recognize the mirror was not simply a lack of awareness ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

He Was A Soldier

Delaney Edge

He was a soldier. Was. The distinction should mean something but it still felt like he was fighting in an endless battle. But, now, the war is of a different kind. He was drafted five years ago as a ...  [+]
Poetry