Fox Den - Monica Cardenas
I was telling Cara, my boss, about a recurring work nightmare. ‘People kept coming in, and they were yelling at me, but I didn’t know...
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Sad Girl Diaries
"Most people get butterflies in their stomachs. Mine were always more like wasps."
Excerpt from Summer Marmalade by Ariana Tucker
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- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
Rose Petals - Shlomit Ovadia
I washed my bed sheets today. They were more or less clean, but my blanket was sullied from love-making the night before. Or maybe it was...
- Jul 10, 2022
- 9 min
Budapest, 1956 - Suzette Blom
George had dozed off into a fitful moment of unconsciousness inspite of the consistent sound of the shelling. He awoke with a start,...
- Jun 26, 2022
- 15 min
Oh, the Wounds He Wore, Death His Neighbor, Jimmy the Meterman - Tom Sheehan
Small-eyed, small-eared, a mole perched like an ace of spades on one eyelid, a mastoid-depressed void behind one of those ears, pale of...
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
I am an Avid Gardener - Alexandra Francese
I’m an avid gardener, and now, I have a new section to fill. A new section to fertilize, plant, water, feed, and love. This love comes...
- May 5, 2022
- 15 min
People for Existing - Alexandra Persad
Ellis had the same dream each night. Her behind the wheel of a car, careening around sharp corners and obstructed paths. Even in an...
- Apr 17, 2022
- 4 min
Metzgerhund - Siena Foster Soltis
She ordered the least potent thing she could find on the menu - the most neutral - the least information. That's all you want? That's...
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
Spy Games - Emily Painton
I glanced up from the notebook I was scribbling in to watch you stride into the room. You were still wet from another one of your long...
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Kiss it Better - Charnice Dagley
I don’t know where you came from or why you chose me. The pursuit was a swift one. On the strength of your disguise and the dreams you...
- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min
Crisis Runs Cold - C.J. Jaye
Frosted with bitterness, sprinkled with self loathing and ruefully self-aware. Trials, falls, failures. Her righteous rage poised...
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
Home - Alexa Zinke
Mommy worked too late under the fluorescents to fight the evil black mold creeping up the wall to Baby’s nursery. She hiked the mile-high...
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
Wrong Men, Poor Choices
1973 was a year of wrong men and poor choices. Harlan left her with two concurrently running STDS infections to marry an older woman....
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