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    [Fiction] Laguna
    • May 3
    • 7 min

    [Fiction] Laguna

    by Matthew Johnson Breath in. Breath out. The blue mask covering Cassie’s mouth and nose rose and swelled like foam, trapping in her...
    [Fiction] Seafoam
    • Mar 22
    • 2 min

    [Fiction] Seafoam

    by Megan Jauregui Eccles When I sold my hair to save my sister, I thought she’d understand. A mermaid’s magic is in her hair. It was all...
    [Fiction] U-Haul
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 11 min

    [Fiction] U-Haul

    by Ioannis Argiris “Damn. Jimmy’s got to keep this shit on the low,” Jules says. The U-Haul truck’s suspension seems lower than what he...
    [Fiction] Pool #31
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    [Fiction] Pool #31

    By Peter Steinfeld We’d gotten everything: cake, flowers, presents, balloons… The cards somehow had slipped my mind. I searched before...
    [Fiction] All That Glitters
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 17 min

    [Fiction] All That Glitters

    by Wendy Maxon Sara used to love the pastel seascape she’d painted on her curbside mailbox, but today its red plastic flag beckoned like...
    [Fiction] Stool Pigeon
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 15 min

    [Fiction] Stool Pigeon

    By Brian Asman So the other weird thing about Bruno Harbeck’s bar was he had this pigeon. It sat on a stool next to a vintage...
    [Fiction] Yes, Virginia
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 18 min

    [Fiction] Yes, Virginia

    by Gary Grace I went to visit Mam every Wednesday evening in the home. Ultimately it was my decision. Her and Dad hadn’t spoken in years....
    [Fiction] Where it Grows
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 8 min

    [Fiction] Where it Grows

    by Megan Jauregui Eccles “Grow yourself a boyfriend,” the box said. How easy it would be. Plant the seed six inches below the soil,...
    [Fiction] The Jetty by Leanne Phillips
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 18 min

    [Fiction] The Jetty by Leanne Phillips

    TW: suicide, death By Leanne Phillips This afternoon, the sky reminds me of a sky I knew one hundred years ago. I reveled in cold winter...
    [Fiction] salmon.king by Art Hanlon
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 28 min

    [Fiction] salmon.king by Art Hanlon

    By Art Hanlon Michael left Seattle the year people were getting in touch with their anger. All morning he began to notice the angry...
    [Fiction] A Place to Call Home by Tomas Baiza
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 23 min

    [Fiction] A Place to Call Home by Tomas Baiza

    By Tomas Baiza “Sssso, explain to us, young man, why you believe we should proceed with thisss transaction?” The strange voice had...
    [Fiction] Muhammad Ali's Ballpoint Pen by Ben Loory
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 7 min

    [Fiction] Muhammad Ali's Ballpoint Pen by Ben Loory

    Muhammad Ali's Ballpoint Pen by Ben Loory Muhammad Ali had a favorite pen. He found it in a drugstore one day. The pen wasn't anything...
    [Fiction] From the Other Side by Jordan Nishkian
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 8 min

    [Fiction] From the Other Side by Jordan Nishkian

    From the Other Side by Jordan Nishkian Your breath casts a growing fog over the glass while the other side, slicked with rain, gets...
    [Fiction] Any Given Night By Kathryn E. McGee
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 15 min

    [Fiction] Any Given Night By Kathryn E. McGee

    Any Given Night by Kathryn E. McGee The clinking of champagne glasses—it’s for me this time. I squeeze Bret’s hand while my best friend,...
    [Fiction] Painted Ladies by Victoria Waddle
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 16 min

    [Fiction] Painted Ladies by Victoria Waddle

    The ghost leaning over Carly’s mother could easily be her father, checking back in on the material world. Substantial, it curls over and...
    [Fiction] Sometimes They Bite by Lawrence Block
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 20 min

    [Fiction] Sometimes They Bite by Lawrence Block

    Sometimes They Bite by Lawrence Block Mowbray had been fishing the lake for the better than two hours before he encountered the heavy-set...
    [Fiction] Harmony Saylor by Art Hanlon
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 20 min

    [Fiction] Harmony Saylor by Art Hanlon

    Harmony Saylor by Art Hanlon I first heard of Harmony Saylor one night while drinking with friends in The Skull of the Oreodont, a bar...
    [Kelp Original Fiction] The Hammer and the Flame
    • Nov 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    [Kelp Original Fiction] The Hammer and the Flame

    by J.R. Angelella My father complained of having flame-shaped hands. He hated that he didn't have hands like his father, my grandfather,...
    [Fiction Contest Winner] THE PULL
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 8 min

    [Fiction Contest Winner] THE PULL

    by Liz Michaud The screen door of our cabin swung shut with a shriek of rusty hinges. I flinched at the sound but kept my eyes fixed on...
    [Fiction] The Isle of None
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    [Fiction] The Isle of None

    by Kendall Brunson There’s the drink you don’t need but take anyway. That’s every drink. But the world is ending. Your uncle, one of the...
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