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Short Fiction
 1 min

A New Resident to Darkness

Vanshika Ghai

"The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you."
― Rainer Maria Rilke

I sit in front of him watching him like the painting that hangs in a ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

Falling

Aidan Hardy

Close your eyes...

Be in the moment...

Breathe in and out...

Feel the air against your body...

Just take it all in...

Keep breathing...

Stay calm...
...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Origami

Elizabeth Bryan

The boy is obsessed with origami, his mother tells her friends. He sits at the kitchen table for hours at a time, folding and pressing and creasing and fitting. Microscopic tucks and pleats – tiny ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

The Fucking Jasper

Freya Emery

"Where the hell are we going anyway?" Cynthia asks Jess in a stern tone.
We've been on the road for several hours, stuck in Jess's mini cooper listening to nothing but Harry Styles and Miley ...  [+]