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Short Fiction
 5 min

A Rotten Pie

Rachel Yeung

Alyssa's pulses were getting weaker and weaker. A bed near the wall with a magpie painting which Alyssa was lying on. Evans looked at his watch, he realized it had been twenty-six hours since Alyssa's ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

Murder in the Mercury Lounge

Bianca Stupka

Macy was trying to run through the sweaty, claustrophobic crowd. There were too many people to be spotted or cared about. You could become anyone in this crowd—or no one at all.

There were ...  [+]
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Short Fiction
 4 min

The Knock

Claire Hardesty

Mallory showed up around February, maybe the end of January. Whenever it was, it was like 2 weeks after Piper left. My mom had this planned for a few months I think, but they never said anything about ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

One Night

Arya Kaul

The rain fell in sheets, obscuring all but the road directly in front of me. As my fingers fumble to tie my horse, I can feel the damp cold worming its way through my overcloak and into my bones. I ...  [+]
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Short Fiction
 2 min

Mine

Grayson Yount

My father used to tell me stories to help me sleep, about the mandrakes and the golems and the nymphs. The stories always ended the same way—don't mess with things you don't know about. He warned me ...  [+]
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Short Fiction
 2 min

Running

Doug Balster

Once again another contender wishes to chance his luck. Every day it seems that an ill-fated man steps up to the starting line trying to win my hand in marriage. Despite the fact that I can outrun ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Breaking the Cycle

Emmy Fultz

I was perched on a bench outside Burge Residence Hall in an effort to look as pretentious as possible. My old friend Amelia called me as I read a book of poetry with my legs daintily crossed, my coat ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Trapped

Jasper Gillard

"You want some dinner, Jon?"
Jon threw up on the only living shrub in this godforsaken desert. It didn't deserve to be soaked in scarlet puke.
"We have plenty of food."
"Gods!" Jon moaned. ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Koré Kosmou

Skyler Garrett

As Joe arrived at the train yard, he could think only of his wet socks. The fierce rain had covered every inch of his body, and he didn't bring a change of clothes. Joe stood a few hundred yards ahead ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Pierrot

Karen Chan

"Get a hold of yourself, Lucas." David Freeman, my benefactor put his hand on my shoulders.
"Have I told you not to enter the lab without my permission? I thought we had an understanding." I ...  [+]
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