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Short Fiction
 4 min

The Red Painting

Miriam Arce

It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.

A portrait of a young lady, waiting in the garden next to her house. A frozen memory of her face as she sits on a swing behind a tree. I first ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

The Taboo in the Jungle

Emmalisa Horlacher

“Do you know what happens in the jungle?” the Grandfather asked.
Little Kendi shook his head as he fluffed his pillow and laid his head down.
“Too many children have gone into the jungle and not ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

Balloons Above

Jen Eason

Her eyes were bright, but somewhere else. If they shone on you it was blinding, the intensity of her focus. Like she saw no one, no thing, else. But you can’t hold on to light. And just as often as it ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 2 min

The World From Above

Susan Thomas

**An Angel’s Perspective on the Pandemic**

For centuries I watched the world mourn over their loved ones. I go to the hospitals and visit bedsides. Every night, I sit with the widows and the ...  [+]