Category: Prose/Fiction
Controlled Skies
Red-tailed Hawk – Grant Weaver Controlled Skies Alex Orndorff I wake up to two large, bright blue eyes staring me right in the face. “Dang it, wake up, Jay, come on, we gotta go,” says the 7-year-old kid named George, yelling at me while… Continue Reading “Controlled Skies”
Nostalgia
Nostalgia-Riko Maekawa Nostalgia Violet Garney Nostalgia. It comes at night, with the hum of crickets and the flickering of the obnoxiously bright streetlights for an insignificantly small neighborhood. It comes when you visit the small town you grew up in, which you swore you’d… Continue Reading “Nostalgia”
My Life Store
fishtank – Jena Lawlor My Life Store Aishu Babu My store would be a small one that looks small on the outside, but when you go inside, there is so much to see. On the outside, it looks a lot like a sturdy house;… Continue Reading “My Life Store”
In the Name of
Ghost of the Deep – Carlissa Nargassans In the Name of John Richter “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been many years since my last confession.”… Continue Reading “In the Name of”
Withering Flowers
The real world felt like a mirage in her desert of a life. So close, so possible, and yet . . . False. Cassandra couldn’t remember the last time she’d actually dreamt.
Stranger from the Rain
Water Drops on Thorns – Lilly Ramsey Stranger from the Rain Evelyn Lunardini Footsteps echoed against the tile floor as moonlight seeped in through the windows. Marliene walked with a stack of old leather books in her arms to the corner of the ancient… Continue Reading “Stranger from the Rain”
Just One Leg
A Sunset’s Mirror – Oliver Kuhns Just One Leg Quinn Scislowicz The street lamps guiding the cars on the highway flashed in my eyes. The last sight before I felt blood flooding the concrete around me and the broken car parts, scattered. I braced… Continue Reading “Just One Leg”
What We Leave Unsaid
Neon – Samantha Brock What We Leave Unsaid Benya Wilfret Claire hated being noticed. It unraveled her, like a stray thread tugged free from a carefully stitched seam. But the man watching her wasn’t just anyone. His gaze pinned her to the polished barstool,… Continue Reading “What We Leave Unsaid”
In Absence
Sunset Tsunami – Issac Freeman In Absence Ethan MacLaren Sea, Swallow Me. — Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd) My last memory before dying was escaping the wretched walls of my asylum. My life ended about a week ago– or at least that’s… Continue Reading “In Absence”
Why Write?
Blue Memories – Josue Aparicio Castillo Bryce Augusti You have only yourself to blame—I wasn’t the one who began reading this with hopes I might be motivated—that I might know why I write, who I write for, or why this horrific gift has cursed… Continue Reading “Why Write?”