2 min
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
3 min
Losing Control
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
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Short Fiction
1 min
A Happy Ending
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 ... [+]
In that same palace lived a lowly servant. The servant longed to be ... [+]
Short Fiction
5 min
Invisible Illness
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 ... [+]
"John?" a shrill voice demanded.
"Hey Natalie."
"Where ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
insomnolence
my jaw is heavy my teeth feel wired shut
my foot keeps twitching my mind is blank ... [+]
my foot keeps twitching my mind is blank ... [+]
Short Fiction
3 min
Thiens's Resolve
It's 3AM and you're there again. You're always there, every day, for the past 3 years, 2ꟷ6AM unfailingly. The stale air of the attic settles uncomfortably all around you, as the only intelligible
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Poetry
1 min
Roses are red
Poetry
1 min
Tribute to Ammamma's Home
The sun shines differently in India, warmth burning around me like I'm a candle wick, a baby
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Creative Nonfiction
2 min
Convenience
Little brothers are annoying, aren't they? They're messy and whiny, god so whiny. They take your things without asking, they're...endlessly loud. That afternoon, my half-brother was the quietest he'd
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Poetry
1 min
The Plants in my Room are Dying
Short Fiction
5 min
I don't want anyone else to know
You really didn't have to react that way. You really didn't have to gaze at my face with such an air of disgust, as if I was nothing more than a crushed worm glued to the sole of your shoe. Your eyes
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Creative Nonfiction
1 min
Indecent Proposal
I proposed to the love of my life in September, and she ran away from me. I'd expected her to say no, sure, as I knelt down in front of the Old Well with no ring, no intention, no plan. We were
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Short Fiction
4 min
The Long Weight
By the time she could hear the front door click shut, she was already shrugging off her coat and tossing the discarded garment on one of the kitchen barstools. It was admittedly too hot out for a
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Poetry
2 min
A Visit with a Freshman
‘Twas the night before finals, when all through college,
Not a student was sleeping, stuffing ... [+]
Not a student was sleeping, stuffing ... [+]
Poetry
1 min