Centrestage
All of life is a shifting stage and some of us are keen on never leaving the fulcrum of the script to others.
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Philip Berry
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Calculation
Do you ever ask yourself, 'How would I act if disaster played out in front of me?' In this flash, Jack answers that question.
Caroline Chou
- Mar 5
- 4 min
The Apothecary
The Apothecary explores a world where emotions are seen as visible burdens that should be removed altogether.
Sophia Carlisle
- Mar 5
- 4 min
The Dinner Date
The Dinner Date by Sophia Carlisle is the author's response to the horrifying nature of dating.
T.R. San
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Thuzar's Door
Thuzar’s Door is a magical realism flash about love as motherhood and grief, then motherhood and grief as sacrifices.
David Clemenceau
- Sep 12, 2022
- 7 min
Point. Blank
Audrey and Tic meet again, years after high school. Their paths cross in a Manhattan bakery.
Robert Stone
- Sep 12, 2022
- 10 min
Visit
Heriot pays a surprise visit to an old friend only to find that the past is rarely quite the place you remembered
Laura Stamps
- Sep 11, 2022
- 2 min
Turkey Tail
Turkey Tail mushrooms. Funny thing about mushrooms: Sometimes just seeing one can remind you of the importance of being good to yourself.
Craig Smith
- Sep 11, 2022
- 6 min
Trailback
Stood on the hard shoulder of the M1, Kerry Caldwell contemplates a ten-mile tailback, and considers his part in how it came about.
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- Sep 11, 2022
- 9 min
Guns And Butter
Guns and Butter" is directly based upon a photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, entitled, "V-J Day in Times Square."
Elisha Oluyemi
- Sep 11, 2022
- 4 min
ANAGRAMS OF RED
Little Dera has to watch her aggrieved mother pull a test of love in the grimmest way possible // TW: Blood and Violence
Jennifer Lewis
- Aug 30, 2022
- 11 min
Forgotten and Unknown
Plagued by grief, a mother goes searching for answers to her pain. But life doesn't always have a reason. And God isn't always the answer.
Sarah Royston
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
Lullaby Lane
There’s a wood in Hertfordshire that’s not on any map. I went there once when I was lost, looking for Lullaby Lane.
Michael Thériault
- Aug 18, 2022
- 8 min
Like Him
How should one grieve? This question, home, the stranger, and the interactions between human and natural worlds are all at play here.
Simon Ó'Conchúir
- Aug 11, 2022
- 11 min
White Horses
A man struggles with the sudden disappearance of his girlfriend and her strange associations with water during a great storm.
Samantha Dooey-Miles
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
Big Boys
Ruth is about to learn the truth about magic and boys.
A story by Samantha Dooey-Miles
Sanjana Shankar
- Jul 16, 2022
- 2 min
Why I Hated Springtime
You said you think of me in the spring. Daisy chains, hands interlinking, the remnants of winter still chafing at your cheeks: spring.
Eric Clayton
- Jul 16, 2022
- 2 min
Tired Swing
Once upon a time there was an enormous oak tree, home to a family of squirrels and its acorns. Now, there are no more acorns.
Leonard Kress
- Jul 16, 2022
- 11 min
Meatpacking
Wherever there are ghosts, there are sure to be their aethereal offspring eager to find their way to birth.
Erik Olaf Dargitz
- Jul 16, 2022
- 14 min
Haunting Lara
The good news: Meghan finally gets to see what life is like in her intriguing neighbor's home. The bad news: Meghan is, well, dead.
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