Creative Nonfiction

Wilson

Gillian Byrd

I have a quiet father. Not quiet like a rock, but quiet like a book. He is particular with his words, as if they were stepping stones. He is collected, not scattered. Firm, not flaky. Resolute, not ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction
Short Fiction

The Drawing Board

Orion Arthur Kolev

It was another late night for Lacey in Wright Hall.
Being an architecture major entailed countless hours of drawing, erasing, and fervently redrawing aside others in her cohort, all to realize a ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Short Fiction

First Kiss

Avery Lloyd

I'd bolted out the door faster than I could say goodbye. The soup pot in my grocery sack clanked as I skipped across the street, just like I had a few nights ago. Apparently one of her friends had ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry

Tears

Alex West

Another reads what their lover has written,
As a train passes by,
Leaving tears on a page ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

Guilt Me Into Staying

Avery Lloyd

They were best friends. One died during the summer, the other eight months later, to the day. The Wall Street Journal article said that his parents had long since torn the blood-stained carpet out of ... [+]

Poetry
Short Fiction

The Vase

Timothy Jafek

I see the vase shatter. It slides innocently off the box my husband is carrying in from the truck. I reach impulsively to catch it, but it's too late. Almost in slow motion, small pieces break off ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Poetry

Anxiety

Lauren Allen

Why is falling asleep so hard when I'm already
so exhausted and I wish my bed weren't so ... [+]

Short Fiction

Math Lab Fantasy

Lauren Allen

"Did you clock in?" The other secretary's voice cuts into my thoughts. I blink, "yes, I- uh huh," came my distracted response. My focus isn't on the schedule, or even on the monitor directly in front ... [+]

Short Fiction

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 ... [+]

Poetry