SPIN CYCLES by Kira Morris
Quarters sometimes feel like they were wedged between old movie theater seats– rusted, dirty, and smelling vaguely like a darkening room. Maybe it was because I was a cashier for a department store, but...
UNWANTED HIGH REUNION by Megan McKenna
Remember to be proud of yourself, you have worked so hard to get here. You’ve conquered everything that was in your way of this dream. Mom would be so proud of you; everyone is...
WINGS OF DESPERATION by Tristin Mendoza
The bird of prey swooped down and landed on a branch across the street. Its beak flashing to the side as it looked straight at me, waiting.
“You persistent little bugger,” I said. My eyes...
TEA by Kristal Peace
Ah…uh…well…hmm. I say, old chap, I hope you won’t take offense at – uh…no, no thank you. No tea for me. I…uh...don’t…that is, I eat and drink at home. What I make, you see....
THE COFFEE CONSPIRACIST by Luke Del Cantero
The Coffee Conspiracist
The Saturday morning of October 29th was one that would stay in Elbert’s memory until he was an adult, which for a seven year old was saying a lot.
The day...
ETERNITY by Blade Moore
Perhaps her mother had been onto something when she rambled on about why to never trust garage sales. Most people were getting rid of things for a reason, she had said. But it was...
THE BLACK SEDAN by Vanessa Youngblood-Brown
So, I was at my complex laundromat. I was the only person there. I did see a black sedan parked outside. I wasn't concerned about that at all.
I continued with my laundry. Something...
THE CLIMB by Bao Lu
He was battered, broken, and bruised. He had slipped and fallen several feet down, if it wasn’t for his safety harness, he would have been dead.
“Get up,” said the dove buzzing by his ear....
ANATHEMA by Micah Benson
I thought that soldiers were meant to protect people. That’s what they told me when I was built, and I was built to be the perfect soldier. A construct, they called me. It was...
HEAVEN IS NOT FOR SALE by Carline Francois
Another day, another dollar. I quickly pushed open double-doors of the hospice care with its name written in baby blue, Apple Chancery font, Angelic Hospice Care. I race through lobby trying to get to...