Short Fiction

Trees

Caleb Litster

He must have been walking for half an hour before he turned around to go home. He wasn't sure what it was that impelled him to frequent these woods. Maybe it was anger, taking some savage pleasure ...  [+]

Poetry
Short Fiction

The Mountain's not Enough.

Joseph Henderson

Like garden weeds, the worries of Vost Saepe seemed to appear everywhere in his life. They were omnipresent and vicious: in work, in school, with friends, at church. There was no escaping. Before ...  [+]

Poetry
Short Fiction

Dancing Blue

Estelle Bookwalter

/You seem disoriented.
It can’t really be helped, what you just went through is pretty shocking. Although, to be honest, it’s actually a minor occurrence in the grand scheme of things. After all ...  [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction

Panther

Mallorie Evans

“Land ahead!”
The guide’s thickly accented voice pierced the heavy, humid air, signaling to his small crew to prepare for a collision with the shore. The sun was starting to peer over the horizon ...  [+]

Short Fiction

Koala Customer Service

Dion Sanders

from: care_bentley@gmail.com
to: help@auwildlife.org
Sent 05/06 2:19 PM
Dear AWPS,
My daughter and I have still not received our koala.
I acknowledge that there may be difficulties ...  [+]

Creative Nonfiction

Longing

Joshua Wright

“That’s not what I think. You did it on purpose, Peter. You are always like this!” Celia was just able to pull her elbow far enough out of Peter’s rib to give me a coy, expectant glare.
All this I ...  [+]

Short Fiction

The Griot's Tale

Ruel Beresford

I saw my children enter my humble abode earlier this morning, with sullen expressions on their face. I was confused. “What is wrong young ones?” I inquired as they were quite happy yesterday yet in ...  [+]

Poetry

Address

Lucy Draper

I remember where everything is without a single photo.
The wall of masks behind that horrid ...  [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry

Rush

Brandon Muzyka

Rush not my child
For the road is long
When the world puts you down
Sing your lost song ...  [+]

Short Fiction

Cemetery

Dylan Robinson

My intention was to head West, up the road towards my brother’s ranch. But upon spotting a squirrel crossing the road and making its way leftwards down the rare-visited dirt trail, I turned my horse ...  [+]

Creative Nonfiction

29 Minutes Of A Blue Moon

Annika Carlson

The shafts of blue moon light remind me.
My grandmother still asks about you.
About us. A story from long ago with no ending chapter, no final page, no definite conclusion. Just words ...  [+]