Short Fiction

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 ... [+]

Poetry
Short Fiction

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

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 ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

Hypochondria

Elizabeth Bryan

I'm a hypochondriac.
Although wouldn't it be just like a hypochondriac to try and diagnose themselves as a hypochondriac? A medical and philosophical conundrum, to say the least.
My dread of ... [+]

Short Fiction

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 ... [+]

Poetry

love drum

Vivien Cheng

Feel the pain the yearning the disbelief at promise of paradise
This is love, it is strong and ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction

Rock Candy Sweetness

Mia Maxwell

My bloodless white fingers grasped my thighs, squeezing away like Sunday lemonade. I gasped, letting my head fall back. I thumbed the lining of my shorts, finding a loose thread and pulling hard. No ... [+]

Poetry
Short Fiction

Forgotten Eyes

Aiden Jones

Mallory Johnson lived in the suburbs behind a white picket fence and a dark pine door. Her husband called her "Mal" when he trudged in late on the weekends, drunk and tired. David Smith was a working ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Poetry