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Short Fiction
 3 min

Night Time Run

Max Chambers

Glacier's purple spotted tongue, common to the Malamute Breed, displayed a joyousness that few humans dare to dream of.

But in this moment I dared. We were a team after all. And like a team ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Friend from the Stars

Monasa Lo

Huff and puff went Abe, his short legs brough him across the wide grass plain. He held his favored toy truck in both of his hands.
“Hello!” He shouted into the trees. “I’m back!” His eyes darted ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Sertraline

Nikki Gallant

When I was six, a seed took root in my body. Though small, it had a profound effect. I was young and naïve, and this new part of me was like a new toy for me to break in. I fed it, watered it and gave ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Utopia

Justine Imburgio

Ernest cracked two eggs into the black frying pan with a sizzle. The fumes of which wafted up to him in wisps of vapor that warmed his stubbled chin. Lovingly, he picked up the bottle of pepper next ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Sweet Lou

Andrew Lowry

The reporter knew the first rule of journalism: never let go of the mic. He learned the sacred rule while watching a peer concede her interview to a drunkard with a good grip. Still, he threw over the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Red Dress

Sophia Whitney

Memory is a tricky thing. It could be altered too easily, Arthur thought. But maybe that was just because he was particularly good at tripping people up, getting them to confuse real events with ones ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

He Who Last Saw Raphael

Miquela Berge

He was mine and mine alone, Dorian thought to himself. The "Portrait of a Young Man" and me. The man in the painting adorned a black beret, dark hair, and an opulent fur coat. Not so bad looking for a ...  [+]
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 ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

One Last Time

Ismarie Olmo

I don’t like to think of myself as a bad person; just someone who has made awful decisions. Someone who has had rotten luck for a long time. For years, I’ve been confined in a room with no people ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Hear Her Scream

Rhea Kumar

I did not want to write this out. I do not want to write this out. That’s the difference between me and other writers: I do not want to do this. The therapist said it would help. I call bull crap on ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Raccoon

Drew Bell

The farm manager called at quarter to twelve with a request. The conversation concluded with the buzz of a dial tone, and the two laborers sat momentarily in silence.

One was a man of about ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Disappearance of Colby J

Cameron Noval

The crowd cried out for an encore as Colby left the stage. It was the last show of his world tour, and he wasn’t about to leave them less than satisfied. He came back on stage with a fire in his eyes ...  [+]