One Afternoon in August - Jessica Chun Williams
Death and loss are surprising catalysts for new beginnings Now, it’s late afternoon. I’ve missed breakfast and a walk with my husband and...
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"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 9
- 12 min
Lana Lang - Rocio Carranza
She had a choice, it was hers alone to make. Yet, the consequences were not hers alone to endure. ~ We laid side-by-side in the center of...
- Aug 16
- 10 min
She - Ana Neu
Note: This short story was inspired by Ana' Neu's original poem, "A big word for a woman," published on Sad Girl Diaries on 8/14/23 Click...
- Jul 13
- 22 min
Summer Marmalade - Ariana Tucker
Most people get butterflies in their stomachs. Mine were always more like wasps. I could feel them buzzing around my gut as I watched my...
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Ariana Tucker: Winner of the Spring 2023 Prose Contest
We are delighted to announce and congratulate Ariana Tucker, the writer behind the captivating short story Summer Marmalade, as the...
- May 16
- 5 min
Full Disclosure - Bara Swain
Dear Melinka, Aunt Jenny suggested sharing a chicken salad sandwich at a café we discovered on 23rd Street after returning three white...
- Apr 29
- 7 min
On Losing Someone Twice - Abigail Thomas
Rain hit the hood of my car in gigantic, pounding swings. I could barely see Sunset through the wet gray. A wash of same color sky and...
- Apr 9
- 8 min
2021 - Sarah Ondriezek
It had been a very long year. The plastic flute of champagne on the table before me was undrinkable - as disappointing as the year that...
- Apr 5
- 13 min
Amanita - Abby Pelaez
Thriving amidst a pile of dead leaves, the white-capped mushroom looked like a tasty find. Travis glanced between the living specimen to...
- Mar 5
- 19 min
The Matron - Daryl Ellerbe
*This is the winning selection of the Fall 2022 $300 Fall Short Story, Fiction, & Non-Fiction Contest. The first sound was snow falling...
- Feb 13
- 8 min
Dirty Little Secrets - Shelby Hunt
Evelyn Knight stared out the window of the black limo, anxious to get home and see her mother, she picked at her nails in her lap. Evelyn...
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Rusalka - Hannah Cole
It’s like drawing in sand. This is what Rusalka whispers through the crack in the bathroom stall, referring to the men she meets in...
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