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Tending
By Janet Childs -- When I reach deep into those moments when we gift our energy; It fills the light with room to take a step forward into...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
Membrane
By Janet Childs -- The delicate membrane of this loving bond can be rent in a moment: an angry word a vicious retaliation a painful...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
VIKTOR’S VIOLIN
By Dan Keeble -- The cracked wind-weathered fingers of Viktor’s left hand swung the time-worn violin under his jaw. The bristles on his...
Apr 28, 20247 min read
The Northwest Passage
By Ben Nardolilli -- The open windows and two fans oscillating over Adam’s body were not enough. Adam pulled up his blanket and liberated...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
The Mediation
By James P Hanley -- “Don’t hang up on me, Emily.” “Why are you calling, Roger?” Remember, the judge ruling on our divorce recommended we...
Apr 28, 20249 min read
The Mars Worker
By Freddy Herrera JR -- Paul: Hey guys, I am Paul. The company sent me to help Hector develop the Mars colony. Hal: Hey, I am Hal. I...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
The Deer and the Hunter
By Daisy Sanchez [Winner: Best of Show] -- I knew those woods like the back of my hand, you could ask anyone I knew. I spent so many of...
Apr 28, 202413 min read
TENSION
By Matthew Spence -- There. Somebody had finally said the last word, and thankfully someone besides him. The aftermath of it hung in the...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Stretching the Spine
By C.W. Bryan -- I have a small collection of white rocks. The rocks are relatively round. Some of them are squared off, or jagged. Some...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
STREET RATS
By Andy Nguyen -- My youth was filled with color, I used to run with my friends around the city. We used to tag so many of the walls, the...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Strangers in Love
By Adelle Sepulveda -- Chevon skims through the email she’s sending her supervisor for the nth time. Celeste Barrera is a snob when it...
Apr 28, 20249 min read
The Lost Falcon
By Sarah Das Gupta -- Scene: The Manor of Farleigh 1475 -- Alaric sat up in bed to the raucous sound of the cock crowing. The straw...
Apr 28, 20248 min read
House Money
By Mark Russ -- “I’m not going to make it!” Jeb yelled at Lenore. His skis and poles were clasped in both hands at odd angles. He...
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Night of Gluttony
By Brian Robertson -- On a cold, gray spring morning, a young knight walks through their starving small town, plagued with death from the...
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Meet You at the Spot?
By Daisy Sanchez -- It was a warm, and sunny March afternoon. The sunlight was falling through the pane glass window onto the linoleum...
Apr 28, 20246 min read
A Process
By Maggie Nerz Iribarne -- On her way through the familiar lobby, Margaret passed Superintendent Kevin, or K-man, as Phil used to call...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Laptop Larceny
By J.B. Cornelius -- Curtis went to Walmart to buy valve-stem caps for his tires. On impulse, he also grabbed a pack of chewing gum at...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Madame Candy
By J.B. Cornelius -- My first cousin blesses her phone before she answers it. This takes a while—exactly three rings. She also flips the...
Apr 28, 20243 min read
1970
By DC Diamondopolous -- Drunk and stoned, Scott staggered out the door of the Whisky a Go Go and into the night. A blurred neon sign from...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
young love
By Andy Nguyen -- i thought that love was holding hands at the park that its a peck on the cheek– when youre not paying attention maybe...
Apr 28, 20241 min read
Tending
By Janet Childs -- When I reach deep into those moments when we gift our energy; It fills the light with room to take a step forward into...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
Membrane
By Janet Childs -- The delicate membrane of this loving bond can be rent in a moment: an angry word a vicious retaliation a painful...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
VIKTOR’S VIOLIN
By Dan Keeble -- The cracked wind-weathered fingers of Viktor’s left hand swung the time-worn violin under his jaw. The bristles on his...
Apr 28, 20247 min read
POETRY
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