BREAK THE ICE, NOT THE WATER by Emily Buenafuente
“I hate this.”
“No one asked you to be here.”
“What’s your name, again?”
The girl facepalmed and shook her head. “I told you; I don’t have one. I doubt you do either.”
“I don’t?” the boy asked,...
DR. WHO ON CRACK by Tristan Dupasquier
Joe couldn’t tell what time it was. He had been in here (the hospital?) for a couple of days now. There are no windows. The lack of sunlight has troubled him, the static coming...
THE POOL HALL by Todd Fabyanic
Jason’s currency was low, and he needed to level up if he was going to take it to the next level. Nickel & dimming it at the entry-level tables would not make the cut...
APRIL HURRICANE by Dylan Ulin
April would blow over the Iowa prairies when the boxing match called spring came around. The match was Jack Frost vs. Blooming Spring. They would clash on who gets the dominant climate, snow and...
SINCERELY, YOUR STRANGER by Aija White
It’s been thirty minutes, a long arduous, thirty minutes. We tried simply opening the door, which didn’t work. Then, we tried to break the windows and sadly, our collective upper body strength did...
THE NEW LIFE OF RAYMOND BLACK by Carl Nord
Old slippers, those repugnant slippers worn by Agnes, the building manager slowly and methodically shuffled down the hallway. I could hear ‘em scratching along from down the hall. I was sitting in my room...
FAIRY TRAP by Serenity Patterson
Elaine had been captured. She was left behind on a web, her wings broken when she was pried off. Now she sat on a table under a glass like a bug. The room around...
A TRAGIC NIGHT AT THE LAUNDRY by Briyanna Dorminvil
Chris' and James' parents dropped them off at the laundry. As the oldest child, Chris was in charge.
"Watch over your brother Chris. Also, do not fight with him, " their father said.
"Alright, I...
THE ARCHEOLOGIST by Leslie Smith
Searching for a cave found 280 to 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean, the archeologist who viewed himself an adventurer, enlisted sailors from Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier to deliver him to where he...
LET DOGS DELIGHT by Devin Jacobsen
Let Dogs Delight
On looking back, you perceive patterns, a particular trajectory to a life, and doubt it could have been any way other than what it was. But even in the midst of living...