Poetry
Poetry

Fly

Tatharneth

When all seems dark
You can't find a way out
And you're crushed and you're shattered
By ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry

Light After Dark

Olu

How do you become a hero when you're the one who needs to be saved?
How do you get all your pains ... [+]

Poetry

To Bring Death

CNM

The first meeting went as such:
I banged on his ceiling,
my ground, with callused foot until ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Miracle of Breathing

CNM

My grandfather, despite living in landlocked Belarus, managed to meet and marry a mermaid. A selkie, to be more precise. He never managed to see the sea, but she told him enough for him to be ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Short Fiction

A Treasure to Remember

Leanne Spiegle

She touched the little box inside her pocket and smiled. Fastening the buttons on her trench coat, she confidently strutted through the bustling streets of New York. Beams of sunshine guided her feet ... [+]

Short Fiction

Kaleidoscopic Keenness

Olivia O'Donnell

Please trust that this is the only escape.
I was born in a desolate city, plucked from my mother’s womb: a newborn stinking of purposelessness. A life destined to malfunctions of a haywire ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry
Poetry

Red

Joana Pajo

*not about periods*
I never liked the color red,
It reminds me how vulnerable I am, How weak ... [+]

Short Fiction

Disorganization

Taylor Mertz

7:00 AM rolls around a little too soon — especially after a night out with the girls. I stumble out of bed and get a good look in the mirror. Last night’s makeup? Check. Texts I don’t remembe ... [+]

Short Fiction

Towards a Path to Salvation

Jose Guillermo

THE OLD HOUSE OF CECILIA MONTRIEL
After her husband passed away, Cecilia Montriel locked herself up in the privacy of her home to properly grieve his death. Montriel went unseen for seven years ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Disruption of a Narrative

Thomas Ceneri

When I think of my father singing, it’s in half-audible, incorrect words, loud vowel sounds that mimicked crooning. It always seemed that my father was mocking someone or something, in this case ... [+]

Poetry
Poetry