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[Fiction] Oh, Madeline
By H.L. Dowless The rhythmic melody of the seductive sirens' whispering chant rode upon the midday wind; inviting, enticing, hexing,...
4 days ago14 min read
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[Fiction] Shadows on the Shoreline
By Paige Johnson People throw dirt on Tampa, Florida, all day long, calling it America’s armpit—or raunchier, ranker body parts—but my...
May 912 min read
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[Fiction] Paradise
By Alexis Levitin It was a long bus ride. Everyone slumbered as best they could, and finally they found themselves having coffee in a...
May 212 min read
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[Fiction] Ultraviolet
When they forced our neighborhood into coordinated retreat, my dad and I started stealing contact lenses. We didn’t like our eye doctor,...
Apr 1110 min read
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[Fiction] Something in the Water
By Patricia Gimer It was a calm, sunny day for the Polar Bear Dip, but the air was bone chilling. The starting gun exploded and Anne...
Apr 44 min read
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[Fiction] What I Deserve
By Sophie Hermann My weary arms ached as I hammered in the final nail. There wasn’t much I could do for the ruined fence, but my sorry...
Mar 2829 min read
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[Fiction] We, Who Kept Our Tails
By Rachel Schmidt Our fifteenth birthdays have all been marked by the first trip to the surface. Donning braids woven with sea glass...
Mar 215 min read
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[Fiction] A Little Death
By Danielle Altman I kneeled next to the elephant seal on San Simeon beach at dawn. It had been disemboweled and was missing half its...
Mar 146 min read
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[Fiction] Exiguity
By Heather Picardat I always hate waking up this way, dry, peeling and full of bugs. The last 13 mornings have been a repeat of the same...
Mar 713 min read
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[Fiction] When Death is Not a Punishment But a Gift
By Aidan Hass Sure, we all know how awful it is to kill someone. Let’s be real and not lie to ourselves. If you resorted to this...
Feb 286 min read
![[Fiction] For Immortality](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_1832e44eab974002b99dad692e0c43ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/11062b_1832e44eab974002b99dad692e0c43ca~mv2.webp)
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[Fiction] For Immortality
By Humayun Malik The almighty Eadhrum is weary of granting the prayers of greedy and cruel beings, corporeal and incorporeal, and...
Feb 214 min read
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[Fiction] inheritance
By Jeff Stone It was a joke. Business-as-usual side-taking politics, followed by a comically belated “understanding” of the problem and...
Feb 141 min read
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[Fiction] The Surf
By Stacy Alderman She’s already gone when I wake up too early on a Saturday. I tell myself she’s at the gym or out for a jog – that our...
Feb 73 min read
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[Fiction] Andalusian Horses
By Kenneth M. Kapp Tomorrow, Antonio’s head, with its thinning hair, would become red, his skin would dry and flake, and over the next...
Jan 315 min read
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[Fiction] Tree Eaters
By Jordan Stosius All around her, she watched as her friends died. A crack, a splinter, the deafening crash, a fall. The final gasping...
Jan 243 min read
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[Fiction] Horizon
By Lina Feuerstein Sometimes, when you wake in the morning, all you see is something gray and shapeless. Sometimes, when you look up and...
Jan 173 min read
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[Fiction] Doomsday
by Kate Novak “Can I bum a cigarette off you? I left mine in my other jacket at home.” I offer him my pack. He brushes his hair from his...
Dec 15, 202413 min read
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[Fiction] The Treetop Eater
by Katie Fleming At fourteen, she had what most girls wanted: a mouth wide enough to consume treetops, teeth enough to pull meat from...
Dec 15, 20249 min read
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[Fiction] Reciprocity
By Brad Bailey When I pulled up to the house and saw my father come out the front door, my first inclination was to turn and run. My...
Dec 15, 202414 min read
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[Fiction] Beached
by Danielle Schatten When I crawled out of the ocean, my tentacles dripping with seawater and my gelatinous skin reflecting a sun that...
Dec 15, 20246 min read
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