In a land far away but not so far from yours there was a small kingdom. It was not the most prosperous, nor the most powerful or wealthiest. But for many years people from across came people to see ... [+]
Short Fiction
5 min
In a land far away but not so far from yours there was a small kingdom. It was not the most prosperous, nor the most powerful or wealthiest. But for many years people from across came people to see ... [+]
Look! Just barely nick the coronary, and don’t look away. I’m only tearing my lungs out, and maybe my heart too. Mostly I just want to be empty. Right now I’m packed almost to bursting. Slice ... [+]
"Hi. My name is Max," I state flatly. "Hi Max," responds a cheerful chorus of voices seated in the crooked oval formed by our metal fold up seats. Every Narcotics Anonymous (or NA) meeting starts ... [+]
So, I had three best friends growing up. We all met as the only kids in our school that played Pokemon. It was hardly that popular back then and even when it did get popular nationwide, no one else in ... [+]
Ramona Blank was sixty-one years old when she realized that her life was a lie. Not the type of white lie told daily by everyone, but an earth-shattering lie; a lie to end all lies. In her youth she ... [+]
Through his jaundiced eyes
He can hear, can feel
Foolish rumblings emanating
His backpack lightened as the gravel cracked like bones beneath his feet, the weight disseminating through his
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When I was eleven years old the world felt like it was moving so fast. Too fast. So fast that I wanted to physically slow it down, but when I did, my brain was so confused that I couldn’t keep up ... [+]
I didn't know what was happening that night
All I seen was the Ambulances flashing lights
I
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You are the beauty that I do not fully understand.
Your beauty is the cinnamon to my apple
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Awoke on a kaleidoscope of flowers
Rainclouds had disappeared
Taking with them the darkness
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Set yourself on fire,
To find yourself,
To find the overwhelming comfort in Earth,
In the
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Every day I wake up weirder than the last.
I am a fish with scales instead of years.
I am a
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The pain drenches every part of her body
So wet and heavy, she can barely keep her head above the
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On November 8th, 2016, we dragged our cement blocked feet and casted a ballot which handed history ... [+]
I woke up in the middle of a busy city.
I have been taken. Someone stole me. They snatched my body from its home in space and brought me to this gritty ball called Earth. Everything looks the same
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I never wanted to grow from this. I came into your office brimming with resentment. You know that. My mother’s tears drove me there after she scraped the truth off my tongue. It wasn’t fair. Two ... [+]
Step by step I lead myself
to a place that requires what was given to me by my past.
Find that
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