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Short Fiction
 5 min

To Walk A Mile

Emily Topness

There was a new museum on the corner of Parksby Street. What was most peculiar was that the museum looked ancient already, but signs had not even been put up advertising what was on display inside ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Heaven Saves Yours

Ashlee' Catlette

Heaven Saviors was a girl destined for revelation. Orphaned at only 3 days old, Heaven's fate was sealed by the clouds and alien motherships. Her grandparents were visiting to celebrate the birth of ...  [+]
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Short Fiction
 5 min

All the Things Left Unsaid

Yilong Peng

When you die, you find yourself in a cross between a mailroom and a public library. Depending on your experiences with those two services while you were alive, you might be inclined to make some snap ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 2 min

Mud Bath

Ryan Seller

I toss my soiled clothes into the sink; I'll deal with them later.
I'm too impatient to wait for the water to get hot, so I hop into the freezing spray.
I shiver.
I'm strong though. I can ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

Daze

Danny White

I had never felt loneliness like the loneliness I felt in that room. There was nobody else, just me and my thoughts. My terrible, nerve-racking thoughts. And I couldn't go anywhere. My hands were ...  [+]
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Creative Nonfiction
 2 min

London Fog

Margaret Hall

When I was fourteen, I was diagnosed with Vocal Cord Dysfunction. How I breathe is fundamentally broken. The doctor guessed I had never smoked, and I told her she was right. Good, she said, and let me ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Solar Aura

Ruth Arce

The earth dawns, the sun begins to grow light
the amber drifts away from the night,
...  [+]
Poetry