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Short Fiction
 5 min

Bottle It Up

Willa Hale

I try not to stay in here for long. It's better to be in and out, to forget the ugly side of it. All around me, advanced biotech glass jars line the shelves, crowded together as much as possible. The ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Wind of the Night

Patrick Smith-LaBombard

The half crescent moon hung in the dark sky like a fishhook in deep water. Its luster was radiant and every cloud in the sky seemed to avoid its lure. The dark clouds' dim grimace paled in comparison ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Diary

A. Cheuk

28th March, Tuesday afternoon again. The girl comes, sitting in the front of the classroom. She wears a white dress today with a long sleeve coat. She looks so weak, she always wears a long sleeve ...  [+]
Short Fiction
Poetry
Short Fiction
 2 min

The Gift of Sharing

Allison Price

In a magical world there lived a man who was blessed with everything life had to offer. He knew of no pleasure that was not his to enjoy. This man had a great many gifts; so many, in fact, it's ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
 4 min

Blessings in a Bucket

Nikash Pradhan

The smell of cow dung sucker-punched me with my first steps out onto the dirt path with my grandmother. It was pungent enough to mask my own odor caused by the hot and humid summer in India. My ...  [+]
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Short Fiction
 3 min

Miami

Olivia Ocamb

"Paula, you ready?" Angel asks. I can hear the edge in his question—a mix of fatigue and frustration. He's really asking, "Can we get this over with already?" At least he has the decency not to say ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
 3 min

Losing Control

Claudia Battezzato

I've always liked being in control. My planner, filled with checklists and to-do items, contains my whole life. Filling out forms brings me a weird sense of satisfaction. I like putting all the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

A Happy Ending

Stefani Stewart

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess in a beautiful castle. She was kind and generous and everybody loved her.

In that same palace lived a lowly servant. The servant longed to be ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Invisible Illness

Sienna Stroud

The phone buzzed twenty-six times on my bedside table. Moaning, I turned my aching body and grabbed the phone with my uninjured hand.
"John?" a shrill voice demanded.
"Hey Natalie."
"Where ...  [+]
Poetry