Stories - Long Story Short Award - Fall 2020 - page 7 - all works

Short Fiction

4 min

Golden Girl

“Look out!” Chance screamed, accompanied by a stuttering step in my direction, seeming to want to chase the volleyball he had sent careening in my direction, but hesitating at the last second. ... [+]

Short Fiction

1 min

No Backing Down

Allison Pewett

His heart pounded as he stared at the makeshift cage which imprisoned his fearsome foe. He tried to convince himself that he was ready for this moment. But was he? He had spent hours studying his ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Traumatic Continuity

Jeremiah Meadows

BANG (1)
BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG (2)
a billion years
BANG (3)
One, they’re gone ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Teaching of Diversity

Sarina bruno

Diversity connects us
As we discover our differences
We realize our similarities ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Rapunzel

Ridhi Sareen

I
am ... [+]

Short Fiction

1 min

After This, Will I Fly Too?

Maryam Zafar

The planetarium is closed for good.

Merciless black letters splayed across the sign up front, the yellow banner blocking Saturn’s dancing rings in more ways than one.

They only dance in ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

A year of Humanity

Vlada Chernova

It started as a normal day,
You’re off to work, kids went to school.
But then you heard thei ... [+]

Short Fiction

1 min

Sitting Ducks

Caitlin Wert

We now rest like bugs hanging onto the blades of grasses underneath us, intertwined like we were on our little blanket on the hill. Water soaked through every pore under our backs, seeping into ou ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

4 min

The breath of life

Nilu Farhangdoust

It has been over eight years since my father has left his presence with us and on Earth. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and his life was taken within one year of his diagnosis. My father was an ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

Society Reflection 5 min

Where Magic Goes to Die

Keturah McQuade

My hands used to create magic. I think with the increasing demands of adulthood, they've had their spark pulled right out of them. My little sister's hands still glisten with it, but I fear he ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

4 min

My New Armor

Flora Chang

We may not all don crowns on our heads, but we all clothe ourselves in underwear. Underwear, I would argue, grants one as much power as—if not more power than—the jewel-encased headgear worn by ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

White Trainers

Elaine Zhu

When I got home, mom was already cooking dinner. The aroma of oxtail stew traveled faster than her voice, sickening me a little in a humid summer evening. “How was the tutoring?” It was terrible. I ... [+]

Short Fiction

1 min

Caged

Nicole Barrus

The balcony overlooked the colorful and vivacious town. Sounds of laughter and music, smells of delicious food drew her attention to the festivities. Happiness trailed into the sky, meeting the stars ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Dear Me

Nicole Barrus

Dear Me,
This is You.
Get up.

Push yourself off of rock bottom
And stand.
Stand ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Mamá

Amanda Gutierrez

When my dad was closer to death than to us, he’d call out for his mom. His sickness made him ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

5 min

Untitled

Eden Jones

The Robinson Era is a period of non-linear time that we keep returning to over and over again. Spend too much time in the Robinson Era, and we regress to the Green Room Era. Spend too little time in ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

sweetener

Jodi Bosin

i did a drum lesson on facetime
today, everything clumsy

i think i’m doing Okay™ but ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Overwhelm

Meryl Noelle Basmayor

I am an overclocked engine
Operating at the highest capacity
Taking flight when it should not ... [+]