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Short Fiction
 5 min

Hands

A. H.

In the vagueness of my dreams, a handless man sits opposite me at the poker table. "Your turn," he grins sharply as he pushes all his chips forward. The cards are bloodstained. What is it that we do ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

I am Lilith

Bernice Tan

The sounds of papers flipping reverberated through the room. Pens and highlighters were scattered messily on the floor. Each flip of the script was filled with frenzied scribbling. Annotation afte ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Through Your Eyes

Paisley Marie

Isabelle  We burst into the museum, and the tour guide launched into his speech the second we crossed the threshold. He spotted me right away and rolled his eyes, like I'd already ruined his morning ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Twenty-One

Victoria Cox

Haddow's bar was nearly empty that night. What was once a bustling business had deteriorated over the past twelve years into a musty joint not even the most desperate alcoholic would step foot in ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Spindle

Elanah Prugh

On the edge of the pine forest, I decided to settle down under a neon cactus. Its bioluminescent buds would give me more light than the crescent moon. These cacti have always been enough to see my ...  [+]
Short Fiction
Short Fiction
 3 min

Third Date at the End of the World

Vanessa Bloom

I meet him the day Iran bombs Israel. Thousands of miles away at our idyllic Southern California campus, our engineering professor rambles about fluid dynamics. A soft chuckle draws my attention, and ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

One Dream, No Backup

Vishal Makawane

"What's your backup plan?" That was the question everyone asked Arjun the day he announced that he was preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination. But Arjun had already made his choice. There ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

All In

Cherry Chan

"I'm dying"  That's the first thing Helen said to me since I was here. She had been quiet for quite some time even after I ordered meals for both of us. Her Rolex glimmered under the light of ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Ephemerality

Isha Fayaz

Red plagued the office corridors along with dissonant alarm bells. It was what jerked Violet out of her seat before she became part of the scramble towards the exit. Amidst the crowd, she chanced ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

A House Without a Roof

Mohammad Mazhari

 They called the city a furnace with streets. Kilns ringed the markets like open red mouths, and clay figures cooled on racks—lions with human eyes, queens with crescent crowns, gods whose smiles ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

A God of small lights

Ariane C

Once, there was a God. 
Though the God was undoubtedly a God, and, as per God status, was to be unbothered by any human-like type of annoying life side effects (feelings, bodily functions and ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

Bhavika S Mittal

As the city's sanitation crew dusted the fresh snow from the avenues, navigating his way through the morning traffic, Nathan finally arrived home. He was still buoyed by the remnants of a long night's ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Liminal

B Vathsalaa

Her breath hitched in her throat. The moment was finally here - again. It felt surreal. The breeze felt cool on her face, its wisps running through her loose strands of hair. The sun was struggling ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Checkpoint

Lena Gunther

              When I explained the plot to my friend, he said it was too easy. All the characters had to do, was drive through the border. What could possibly go wrong ? Her brother was driving, like ...  [+]
Short Fiction
Short Fiction
 5 min

Where the Wind Waits

Joanna Goh

The ocean breeze hit her first. Sharp, salted, alive.  This feels... oddly familiar.   "Is it home?" she thought. The sky stretched in streaks of dull blue and white, mesmerizing--yet her mind ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Auditorium, Evening.

Suna Erdim

The little boy on the stage was the son of a famous actor, the kind college girls used to press their lips against posters of, who was one evening found face down in a hotel swimming pool like ...  [+]