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Short Fiction
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Wing Yin Ho

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Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Portrait Reflection  3 min

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Emily Gajda

At 10 A.M., Wells Beach, Maine was too quiet.

I should've been in New York City, working at the publishing house that offered me that internship back in March. I should've been waking up at 7 A.M ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

A Drizzle

Christopher C

The man and the boy sat quietly in their lodge as the storm raged outside. The sun had long faded and exhaled its last breath of warmth. It was the boy's first time in this place, his first time ...  [+]
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
 3 min

The Shape of an Urchin

Ryan Phillips

The empty street seemed brighter than it had a few hours earlier and my eyes began to adjust. Maybe it seemed that way because I had spent the last two hours watching a movie. Or the sun had just ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Chance Predictions

Ry Forsythe

Steam from neon signs faded into the night while this city bustled with people despite the weather. So, sanctuary was found in the darkness of alleys, where no mortals felt safe enough to walk down ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction
Society  5 min

Someone You Know

Andrew Hoffman

JANUARY 2020. 7234 miles from Chicago, China reports the first death from a novel coronavirus. There is no evidence it can spread among humans.
I'm commuting to school and two women on the train are ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction
 2 min

Cream & Sugar

Lindsey Banks

I had my very first sip of coffee when I was 6 years old. Dad picked me up from school one Monday afternoon in his grey Toyota Corolla and took me straight to the Deja Brew in town. He didn't even ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Scarf

Stig Ruan

Lihong: cold, cold, the coldness of hell. How they walked on the roads together, Libei with Lihua curled between sore breasts, Lihua wound up in the scarf. Sometimes Lihong carried Lihua. But she was ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 4 min

When In Dreams

McKenna Lacap

"Perhaps it's true what they say, and people do meet in dreams." He said. "I know because I saw you in mine."

And he had.
They'd met in Paris. But it was a cleaner, more abstract Paris ...  [+]
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry