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Poetry
Short Fiction
 2 min

Gifts

McKenna Alder

The word of the moment: petrichor.

It is the smell of earth after rain. The word slides off your tongue like dewdrops from a leaf – a combination of the thick golden blood of gods and the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Dear Daughter

Andrew Peterson

I saw the fairies. They were beautiful. Little streaks of gold and blue, shimmering and shining in the green forest behind Grandma's house. I like Grandma's house. It's really warm and cozy, and Mom ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
 2 min

Streetlights

Lydia Hall

You and (I suppose) I are waiting at a cold bus stop. We witness the moment, full morning, when the streetlights turn off.
Your eyes don't register a difference; the sun functions, so the ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

After

Kenna Fry

I would have stayed here forever
But they pulled me up from the ground,
And they took shears ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

Rims

Megan Gibson

Horn rimmed glasses walk in with a jingle of the bell at the door. They scan the room taking in the layered lights and the tiered tables. Jazz floats around the room.
The glasses fall on a small ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 3 min

The Eyes in the Dark

Caroline Storm

When children play games, the games become much more than an activity to pass time or something just for fun, games become reality. When I was young, I had a very competitive spirit and a large ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

You're Still Here

Ismar Franqui Segarra

Age 3 was the age you realized you had a friend. You saw him smile at you every day and told you of the great things you could do. You knew that nothing would be able to separate you and your friend ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Homeless

Cheuk Lam Chan

I remember when I was a nesting,I would stay in my bird nest and wait for my mom to feed me,my sisters and brothers some sticky earthworms or crunchy crickets.I would say that it was the best time in ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 1 min

Crack

Nicole Arch

They tell you she was wearing your shoes. The pinchy black stilettos, the ones with the painted silver heels. The paint is cracking now, and they're a size too small for you, but you never got rid of ...  [+]
Poetry
 1 min

Orpheus

Nicole Arch

It's the way your words are melody
And your silences, siren songs, luring
Eurydice from the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

A Marriage Short Story

Jared Brockbank

It's over.

What? No.

Yeah I'm done.

No baby don't do this.

No stop. I've been patient with you long enough. I can't keep going on like this.

Please. Let's talk this ...  [+]
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
 3 min

Czech Tears

Jared Brockbank

A young boy no older than twelve sits on a bus at a station. Sitting behind him is a foreigner. Outside the widow are presumably the boy's parents and younger sister. The boy's backpack and durable ...  [+]