Four Roses
A short story about a protagonist getting chatted up by a barfly - a look at how different vices can affect hunger or thirst.
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Davin Makokha
- Apr 15
- 2 min
CRUSH
This piece is about the discomfort of being an object of desire. 'CRUSH' is a part of the pieces with the theme 'hunger.'
Alyanna Batoy
- Apr 13
- 5 min
Incubus
This piece takes inspiration from a traumatic past relationship, and the writer's hunger to fit into conservative British society as a POC.
Shrutidhora P. Mohor
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Centrestage
All of life is a shifting stage and some of us are keen on never leaving the fulcrum of the script to others.
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.
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.
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.
Alice Florence Orr
- Jul 15, 2022
- 9 min
Dégustation
I keep telling myself to become equally inflexible, to cease appearing so perpetually idle. On that day I was curious enough to agree.
Sanjana Shankar
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Biomagnification
You remember the time a distant relative let slip that you were never meant to be alive: a mistake.
Carmen X
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Something About An Orchid
A possible chance meeting that might have happened in the station described in a poem by Pound.
Aneeta Sundararaj
- Jul 11, 2022
- 13 min
Visitation Rights
A woman is forced to confront her relationship with her dying father before and after his death.
Dan Groves
- Jun 9, 2022
- 6 min
The Cycle
Sam Jackson hates everything—his job, his love life, even his name.
Eric Clayton
- Jun 9, 2022
- 1 min
The Pilgrim Prerogative
Careful: Too much piety can kill you.
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