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Short Fiction
Short Fiction
 2 min

My Journey to College

Tatyana Hunter

      Once in a blue moon, the universe conspires to weave a tale so enchanting that it defies the ordinary rhythms of life. In the heart of 2024, a year marked by both tumult and triumph, there ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Second Chances

Demetrius Chew

They sent us to another city with the same objective: push them back. Aachen, September 1944. They said something about taking the first bit of German land, but I couldn't have cared less. I just ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

I am the Sun.

Juan Joy

The sun hung low, its molten rays bleeding into the ocean, transforming the sea into a tapestry of gold and fire. Daedalus, the master craftsman, stood on the rocky cliffside, his eyes heavy with ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

no lipstick, no crime

Daniel Por

There it was.
That lipstick tube, lying in the trashcan. Its hot pink hue, crisscrossed with glitter and promises of "100% AQUA HYDRATION". Maybe its owner had forgotten it in a rush. One thing ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

The Jump

Eva Crikelair

Light spasmed on the lake as the boys below churned it with their limbs and laughed, loud and urgent. It was the middle of August. Looking down from the cliff's edge, the surface of the water seemed ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

A Good Boy

Ozymandias Kafka

Nothing manly about a boy like me. 
Deep in the Georgian plains, a man makes his own fate, with nothing but his two hands. My first memories were riding in the back of the red station wagon ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Celestial Clockmaker

Kavishvaran Srinivasan

Evelyn had always been fascinated by the intricate workings of clocks. As a child, she would spend hours in her grandfather's workshop, watching him repair timepieces with steady hands and unwavering ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Misdirection

Treyce Wood

My first semester was over before it started. It was Halloween night and I was finally starting to adjust to college. Life at a small liberal arts college in Ohio was different from my life in the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
Short Fiction
 4 min

Once in a blue moon

Nishita nishita

When was the last time you had dinner together with your family? In your pursuit of the remarkable, what meaningful moments have you let slip by unnoted? If guilt creeps within you, your soul is ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Once in a starry night

three sha

"The weather is so hot!" I complained. 
My family and I are currently at a resort for a 3 day vacation trip. My mother made an effort to arrange a short trip to relax our minds amongst our busy ...  [+]
Short Fiction
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Ember in the Mounra

Daiesha Bobbitt

"Drew!" 
 
I walked blindly through the falling snow and towards an empty void that felt like nowhere. I wish things were better, but they are not.  
 
Marietta told me she didn't love ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Last Seen Recently

Tam Leong

Light chatter hums in the background, blending into the whirring of air conditioning and the droning of coffee machines.
Lily shuffles her way past customers waiting for their drinks and weaves ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Prince's Visit

Scarlett Kingston

When Prince Hubert stepped into this murky town, he couldn't fathom who would travel across the vastness of the empire for a mere festival. Barren streets — lamenting the beating sun — and one ...  [+]
Nouvelles
 5 min

Like

Charlotte Chadwick

We were walking together, the three of us, the shape we made lurching clumsily to and fro on the concrete as our glances flicked back and forward between our faces; asking, answering, nodding ...  [+]
Nouvelles
 5 min

Midnight Rising

Ava Illi

The crests and troughs of the night were already beating along the shore. Oh, how badly she wished to be released from Rickshaw! Up there, on the rocky cliff dotted with pink salt sand and red paint ...  [+]