Poetry
Creative Nonfiction

Bear Creek

Brennen Serre

The darkness was heavy. Nothing seemed to break it beside the occasional whimper from one of the other men.
It had all happened so fast; it was still hard to believe any of it was real ... [+]

Short Fiction

Shadow Flees Before It

Wade Lundgren

Sleet fell, cast bloodred by the last throes of a dying sun. The ground beneath the terrible host churned like long-soured milk in the kirn. Horse breath and the stench of man rose from the ground ... [+]

Short Fiction

Skittles Scandal

Katie Brimhall

Sitting at a diner was the last thing he wanted to be doing right now. He could be at home drawing right now, and instead he had to sweat through the hazy heat slowly circulated by the broken uneven ... [+]

Short Fiction

Chainsaw

Valerie Ohtsji

All I remember before I blacked out was seeing the pavement and a black figure in front of me. I was lying, facedown, on the ground when I woke up. The sun was so bright that I had to blink a few ... [+]

Short Fiction

Secret Identities

Andrew McGlohon

I never thought I'd meet another hitman on the job who wasn't trying to kill me. It was at La Pergola in Rome. The slim patch of Kevlar right over his heart, almost invisible under his jacket, only ... [+]

Short Fiction

Killian's Prophecy

Lenae Rubey

Killian stood in front of the bridge, breathing heavily.
This was it. After months of traveling through the mud and rain, he was finally at the Gates of Orr. His nose ran from the cold, but he ... [+]

Poetry
Short Fiction

Forlorn

Leah Hutchinson

I awoke in an unfamiliar hallway. I sat up from the cold concrete floor below me and tried to collect myself.
"Where am I?" I asked myself.
"I can't remember anything."
I looked around to ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Crows at Golgoth Lake

Katie Leonard

The crows haven't left. Dozens descended upon the shoreline seven seconds after Ms. Pocrite smushed herself into the right side of the bench at Golgoth Lake. Dancing along the waterline, they pecked ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Sounds Within

Josephine Taiwo

‘You're disgusting', ‘You filthy pig', ‘Get a grip on yourself', I heard the voices chime in perfect harmony. I turned on the radio that stood by my bedside on the way to the bathroom. I hated ... [+]

Short Fiction

I Did The Hard Part For You

Kelly Ray

Toni
My name was Naomi Campbell, and I died five years ago.
When you die, the only way you exist is within the memory of people. While you're alive, you're multidimensional.
When you're alive ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Origin of Dragons

Lars Anderson

Captain's log 45:
We finally found it! We found the last of the five dragon species. The species of sea dragons we have just located makes for a set of five holotype dragons. Since dragons are ... [+]

Poetry

Control

Lena Smith

Remedy can be a tricky word.
A remedy can relieve you,
But keep you stagnant,
Unable to ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

Trps of the Trade

Edward Chen

When we think of a cell, we might not realize the extent of its intricacy. Sure, cells may be complex, but then there are tissues, organs, organ systems, and entire organisms. Cells are only a really ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sugary Hands

Nayda Gingerich

The old man thought about that long ago, of working and being innocent. Even as a child, he'd always had a job. Some of his most fond memories were of delivering breakfast to his grandfather out in ... [+]

Poetry

Care

Chérie Miel

to Mama & Papa
Mum can't hear
She needs care
Dad can't see
He needs peace
Mum ... [+]

Poetry