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Short Fiction
 2 min

5 Cupcakes in South Bend, Indiana

Kate Nanovic

There was trouble in the air. My naïveté did not sense it. The distrust. The greed. Nobody could sense its forthcoming. It was September of 2013, and my family and I were heading to a celebration. Of ...  [+]
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
 2 min

Fragrance of Laughter

Vansh Malhotra

A blood-curdling scream of fear silently echoed through my veins as I woke up from a nightmare that left me paralyzed. Sweat started dripping from my head as the uncertainty of life shook my whole ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Vices

Cassie Keene

I watch you light a cigarette through the hazy glass and, avoiding my gaze, turn your wedding ring around absentmindedly. You slip it off into your pocket, the outline of the ring making an imprint in ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Trapped In a Jar

Vansh Malhotra

My lungs became sore from screaming, but their ears did not become deaf from hearing as I continuously kept pleading to them to let me go. My head started to spin, and I felt pukish enclosed in that ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
 1 min

Words

Emily Stumpo

Words on paper
meaning within letters.
deciphering descriptions.

Nonsense metaphors ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction
 1 min

The Future: Kronian Cuisine

Kathleen Barraza

"Welcome to Titan's. May I take your order?"
"Yes, I'd like a-"
"Chicken nuggets."
"Yes, I'd like a kid's chicken nugget meal-"
"And a McFlurry"
"And a McFlurry-"
"I'm sorry sir. We ...  [+]
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
 1 min

Messy

Elizabeth Prickett

"Can I have a fry? They look good today."
She leans forward, hand perched over the spuds like a vulture.
"No," he chuckles, swatting her hand away. "I asked and you said you didn't want any." ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Blackness

Xiangkai ZHU

I woke up from my dream to see a flash of blackness appearing in the corner. I didn't notice and ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Showering Dreams

Matt Mandel

It's dark and stormy, and I'm home alone. About twenty minutes ago I hopped in the shower for a quick rinse. But now that I think about it, I'm not sure actually how long ago it was. It could've been ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Élan Vital

Devin Glenn

Floating, weightless, in salty currents, my mind reclines into nothingness. Fluttering cerebellum pulsing its way to equilibrium, I fix my breath on the darkness expanding for miles behind my eyelids ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry