1 min
Poetry
Short Fiction
3 min
Fault Line
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 ... [+]
Millie hadn't meant to. She was only joking, only trying to stop him from being such a wimp. She could still feel ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
A Rainy Day
The rain drips on the glass
Tippy tappy she asks to play
The gentle patter yearns to dance on ... [+]
Tippy tappy she asks to play
The gentle patter yearns to dance on ... [+]
Short Fiction
2 min
Conversation
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
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Short Fiction
2 min
In Contempt
"-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 ... [+]
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
1 min
(I never warned them)
Short Fiction
5 min
The Ancient Prophecy
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
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Short Fiction
4 min
The Mirror
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
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Poetry
1 min
Wishes of a Ghost
My nana has an accent.
The blood still drips into her sentences.
Fear made her deny her home ... [+]
The blood still drips into her sentences.
Fear made her deny her home ... [+]
Short Fiction
5 min
He Was A Soldier
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
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Poetry
1 min
how a day feels wrong upon waking
Creative Nonfiction
4 min
The Stuff of Stars
You will meet a man who tells you we are all made of the stuff of stars. That our bodies hold the carbon and nitrogen and helium and oxygen atoms that formed the ancestors of stars we see today. He'll
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Poetry
1 min
The Grass Ain't Always Greener
Poetry
1 min
Love
Short Fiction
4 min
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
An ominous feeling hangs in the night air, so silent yet filled with evil. A man dressed in a trench coat and a hoodie huddles under a street lamp. In the distance sits an abandoned house that used to
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Creative Nonfiction
3 min
This Is How I Learned To Wash Away My Mask
I bounce back and forth between how long it feels like since I was in high school. Like a century and one week at the same time. I could endlessly flip through the blurry stack of memories, many of
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Poetry
1 min
To the Darkness, Love Sienna
You said that you would only stay one night.
I made you tea and let you use my bed
then tucked ... [+]
I made you tea and let you use my bed
then tucked ... [+]