top of page
Search

![[Fiction] Rock Bottom](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5c489998482c465ea3b7985aecc27d6f.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/5c489998482c465ea3b7985aecc27d6f.webp)
Jul 1, 202217 min read
[Fiction] Rock Bottom
by Laurie Rockenbeck Bob’s daydreams alternated between finding Suzi dead in their bed, choked on her own vomit, and coming home to her...

![[Fiction] How to Make Light Come](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35c92331ca5b43bca01da547020664c3.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/35c92331ca5b43bca01da547020664c3.webp)
Jun 14, 20229 min read
[Fiction] How to Make Light Come
by Juniper Soledad is making out with my dead body on a bed of sand. Paper seagulls dangle from the ceiling. A video camera is set-up on...

![[Fiction] Laguna](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f5a5465da5054183b5a71d83e2709454.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f5a5465da5054183b5a71d83e2709454.webp)
May 3, 20227 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/126c99a90f3545b789ae5634a96a5647.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/126c99a90f3545b789ae5634a96a5647.webp)
Mar 22, 20222 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_2629a680a20f465b93e0a63e6daec6d2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_2629a680a20f465b93e0a63e6daec6d2~mv2.webp)
Dec 14, 202111 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/391ebd71478f4b4087e6fe237d47fe39.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/391ebd71478f4b4087e6fe237d47fe39.webp)
Dec 14, 20217 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_6c7ea4749bc14ce6b3c2e98dab49fef8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_6c7ea4749bc14ce6b3c2e98dab49fef8~mv2.webp)
Dec 14, 202117 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71906c8a07ef42fd8a4ec59e1844f9bc.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/71906c8a07ef42fd8a4ec59e1844f9bc.webp)
Dec 14, 202115 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcb999b0d8b54b4391701e77d355b248.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fcb999b0d8b54b4391701e77d355b248.webp)
Dec 14, 202118 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f1ac17fdd3a4416ae16e1909f77f8e6.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8f1ac17fdd3a4416ae16e1909f77f8e6.webp)
Dec 14, 20218 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_c0d72ce858f149738cd6a4c446ea37c2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/52c352_c0d72ce858f149738cd6a4c446ea37c2~mv2.webp)
Jul 16, 202118 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_b4d713f813b146eb9cd412fb3fc05020~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_b4d713f813b146eb9cd412fb3fc05020~mv2.webp)
Jul 16, 202128 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_6471b406e5ed4a029664e3af95aafa7b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_6471b406e5ed4a029664e3af95aafa7b~mv2.webp)
Jul 15, 202123 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_0486df34039b496d821157de505a419e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_0486df34039b496d821157de505a419e~mv2.webp)
Jan 19, 20217 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_ac4503dff3484e67a4391840afd32128~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_ac4503dff3484e67a4391840afd32128~mv2.webp)
Jan 12, 20218 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_43c05daaefb745099a9fe62feecfa176~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_43c05daaefb745099a9fe62feecfa176~mv2.webp)
Jan 12, 202115 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_7cc0d57dd3744dc9b6411e226a8192c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_7cc0d57dd3744dc9b6411e226a8192c9~mv2.webp)
Jan 12, 202116 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_1737e64433294800bd2d3e2a3f1eb5d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_307,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_1737e64433294800bd2d3e2a3f1eb5d6~mv2.webp)
Jan 12, 202120 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_23dd162905df4f929f303571b382b804~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_281,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_23dd162905df4f929f303571b382b804~mv2.webp)
Jan 11, 202120 min read
[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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_08d4ae42442c4219b41d01f6f369d224~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/52c352_08d4ae42442c4219b41d01f6f369d224~mv2.webp)
Nov 3, 20203 min read
[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,...
bottom of page