Poetry

Blackness

Xiangkai ZHU

I woke up from my dream to see a flash of blackness appearing in the corner. I didn't notice and ... [+]

Short Fiction

Showering Dreams

Matt Mandel

It's dark and stormy, and I'm home alone. About twenty minutes ago I hopped in the shower for a quick rinse. But now that I think about it, I'm not sure actually how long ago it was. It could've been ... [+]

Short Fiction

Élan Vital

Devin Glenn

Floating, weightless, in salty currents, my mind reclines into nothingness. Fluttering cerebellum pulsing its way to equilibrium, I fix my breath on the darkness expanding for miles behind my eyelids ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction
Poetry

Musings

Karli Anderson

Being absent in your own mind,
We hone this skill to an expertise.
Always brimming painfully ... [+]

Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Short Fiction

The House that No One Lived In

Madison Hancey

I was almost certain there was no one in that house.
Sometimes I saw the garage light on but, I mean, if it was electric anything could trigger it. There was a cat door and so I assumed ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction

The Storm

Mirah Thornock

The wind whipped the salty spray through my hair, burning the cuts on my cheek made from Xander's stonesword. As the thunder clapped in the distance, bringing the inevitable doom of the Storm even ... [+]

Short Fiction

The First and Last

Christian Olson

I'm dead again.
Another quick trip across the Styx or whatever one wishes to call this black void and
I'll be back on my feet.
I wonder who I will be in this life.
Man or woman?
Rich ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Duel

Nick Saluzzi

A steel ball, otherwise harmless, hurled through the air, propelled by the ingenious mechanism of metal and gunpowder, an agent of certain doom. A perfect invention of death, the bullet cut through ... [+]

Short Fiction

Pasta Hair

Madilyn Abbe

I'm really sorry, Mr. Hogan. I didn't mean to get in trouble. I really do have a good explanation, I really do!

It's just that I always get hungry when I sit behind Maggie. You see, she has ... [+]

Short Fiction

A Story in Pieces

Jared Langford

It wouldn't matter that much, whether we lived or died. It mattered to us, sure, but in general, I mean. We would be just one more frozen corpse on a mountain. Like ornaments on a tree. This tree ... [+]