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Short Fiction
 4 min

Oak & Willow, Water & Omens

Bayley Leyshon

They never faltered. Anyone could tell from simply being in their presence that they were not of this world. They raced through the water unafraid, not tied down by the laws of physics that constrict ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 3 min

The Third Step

Megan Venter

I remember the third step up to your apartment creaked really badly. I’d always skip it- I didn’t want anything- not even a wooden step- to know where I was going. As if it would only count that I was ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
 4 min

Illegal Work

Pui Yu Ng

When I was a little girl, I would often be alone at home and no one took care of me. The domestic helper, a young Philippine woman, Arnida seems to be very busy all the time. She is often late to pick ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

Atmospheric BreakPoint

Nicolas Sollors

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On the way to our floats, we passed the usual scenery: the government and hunter floats, the food outlet, and The Dome 4278 Dispensary.

The Dispensary was an imposing metallic structure ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
 3 min

Authors Notes

Nicolas Sollors

Authors Notes

Thank you for reading one of the stories I wanted to tell. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

I have been thinking about this story for a while now, and I would ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
Short Fiction
 2 min

Belittling Love

Anmol DHAWAN

I befriended her in kindergarten. She was not any of those over-the-top adjectives you would use to describe your best friend. Overall, she was an ordinary four-year old that had grabbed my attention ...  [+]
Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

Crystal Ball

Sarah Lindsey

What a fraud. Lies, lies, lies.
Cindy was so mad. Two years ago she had seen this day and, today, it had finally come.
It had been a strange day, that afternoon two years prior. She had run ...  [+]
Creative Nonfiction
Short Fiction
 3 min

The Stage

Linglin Yang

20 minutes ago,......
Teresa’s on her way to go home.
Well, her husband, Square Bob was washing dishes in the kitchen.
Phone rang.
“hello?”
“yes, it’s Square Bob.”
(we can’t ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Astronaut

Victoria Gong

When Logan Shu blew up, the world knew her as the first Asian American woman in space. Her Internet fanbase often compared her odd facial expressions to the late Grumpy Cat. They knew she’d gotten he ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

The Fix

Bianca Sauro

The first words I ever heard my mother say were, “Fix it.”
A man responded to her then, I remember it clearly, though it was still dark for me.
He said, “Are you sure this is what you want ...  [+]