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A STORY by ALEX J. BARRIO
GIRL IN THE PIT I met a girl. She died in the pit. Rest in peace, Jill. I saw her as soon as I walked in. Reddish brown hair, green eyes,...
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READ SOME BULLSHIT
- May 18
- 3 min
THREE THINGS by MICHAEL HALLER
SOME QUESTIONS FOR MR. LANDRY When Charles Landry shotgunned his wife of 27 years, causing her immediate death as well as his eventual...
- May 12
- 4 min
A STORY by MAITIÚ CHARLETON
PASTA CARBONARA You know AIs can write short stories now? You mean AI? A gave S a wry look. Hardly fair of you. A shifted a little in his...
- May 10
- 7 min
A STORY by ELLA MOON
SEVEN MINUTES IN HELL “Oof. Could you move your elbow?” “I don’t know, Dorian, could you move your knee?” “Uuuuhh… no. No, it’s stuck...
- May 4
- 4 min
A STORY by ANDREW DAUGHERTY
CAT CLAW “You couldn’t even wait ‘til sunrise?” These were my words to her, but they felt more coughed than said. All around me I felt a...
- Apr 20
- 3 min
FOUR THINGS by COLIN GEE
EXCERPTS FROM THE INCONCEIVABIBLE [In the vein of Borges’s A Universal History of Iniquity, The Inconceivabible is a whirlwind slapstick...
- Apr 19
- 12 min
A STORY by NADINE RODRIGUEZ
CUIDADO i. Alicia had graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Digital Communication and Media, which as of late she had taken to call a...
- Apr 12
- 18 min
A STORY by BEN SHAHON
ADAM AND DANIA Adam and Dania Beach sits roughly nine miles off Interstate 5, halfway between Olympia and Seattle, on the other side of...
- Apr 5
- 8 min
FOUR THINGS by ELI S. EVANS
A MAN, HIS WIFE, A FOX, A FLY A man was in a lot of pain. “Maybe it’s all in your head,” said his wife. Which was true, inasmuch as the...
- Mar 23
- 6 min
A STORY by BETHANY BROWNING
A FIEND IN NEED NARRATOR: Things had taken a turn toward the weird in Kevin’s room at Sleepyz Motor Lodge on Route 45, where he was...
- Mar 3
- 7 min
A STORY by JASMYN HUFF
THERE EXISTS AN ISLAND My sisters found me adrift in the pull of easeful azure, amid the carcass of a dead ship, skin burned under the...
- Mar 1
- 4 min
TWO THINGS by COURTNEY CLUTE
MOSQUITO Her first memory: rising from a water-filled paint bucket. It is abandoned on a highway shoulder next to a grease-soaked...
- Feb 22
- 9 min
A THING by GAVIN TURNER & KELLIE SCOTT-REED
LIVING ON A PRAYER IS NO BASIS FOR A STABLE RELATIONSHIP Relatable Support New Jersey Dear Mr. Jovi, Thank you for sending your letter...
- Feb 10
- 3 min
TWO THINGS by JORDAN RANFT
I ALWAYS HAVE ROOM FOR WATERMELON You say, from the other room, as I try to explain how I love you: skin relinquishes itself to another...
- Feb 3
- 4 min
A STORY by KATY GOFORTH
LOVE AND THE FALL OF BARBARA PEPPER Bill and Barbara Pepper were the perfect couple. Bill with his keen business sense, and Barbara with...
- Feb 2
- 3 min
THREE THINGS by STEVE GERGLEY
I. APPLES Me and Kyoko get into an argument about apples. She says Granny Smiths are the best but she's wrong. To prove her wrongness I...
- Jan 27
- 3 min
A STORY by MARGO GRIFFIN
THE OCTOPUS STAIN By the time I noticed the octopus, it was too late. Oblivious to danger, I entered Finn's tank head first, on a whim....
- Jan 20
- 3 min
THREE THINGS by ABBIE DOLL
ONION OPINION whoever said an apple a day keeps the doctor away never tried an onion never whiffed their bewitching musk—never tasted...
- Jan 13
- 3 min
SOME FLASH by TINA S. ZHU
THE ONE WHERE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEMON TWIRLED HIS SIGN BY THE RED LIGHT We spotted our neighborhood demon while driving to Santa Monica...
- Jan 12
- 3 min
A THING by MEGAN CASSIDAY
COLOR STUDY Henry sits on the floor of his living room, a gallon of yellow paint in front of him. It’s bright, the same shade as...
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