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VIKTOR’S VIOLIN
By Dan Keeble -- The cracked wind-weathered fingers of Viktor’s left hand swung the time-worn violin under his jaw. The bristles on his...
Apr 28, 20247 min read
The Northwest Passage
By Ben Nardolilli -- The open windows and two fans oscillating over Adam’s body were not enough. Adam pulled up his blanket and...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
The Mediation
By James P Hanley -- “Don’t hang up on me, Emily.” “Why are you calling, Roger?” Remember, the judge ruling on our divorce recommended...
Apr 28, 20249 min read
The Mars Worker
By Freddy Herrera JR -- Paul: Hey guys, I am Paul. The company sent me to help Hector develop the Mars colony. Hal: Hey, I am Hal. I...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
The Deer and the Hunter
By Daisy Sanchez [Winner: Best of Show] -- I knew those woods like the back of my hand, you could ask anyone I knew. I spent so many of...
Apr 28, 202413 min read
TENSION
By Matthew Spence -- There. Somebody had finally said the last word, and thankfully someone besides him. The aftermath of it hung in the...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Stretching the Spine
By C.W. Bryan -- I have a small collection of white rocks. The rocks are relatively round. Some of them are squared off, or jagged. Some...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
STREET RATS
By Andy Nguyen -- My youth was filled with color, I used to run with my friends around the city. We used to tag so many of the walls,...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Strangers in Love
By Adelle Sepulveda -- Chevon skims through the email she’s sending her supervisor for the nth time. Celeste Barrera is a snob when it...
Apr 28, 20249 min read
The Lost Falcon
By Sarah Das Gupta -- Scene: The Manor of Farleigh 1475 -- Alaric sat up in bed to the raucous sound of the cock crowing. The straw...
Apr 28, 20248 min read
House Money
By Mark Russ -- “I’m not going to make it!” Jeb yelled at Lenore. His skis and poles were clasped in both hands at odd angles. He...
Apr 28, 20247 min read
Night of Gluttony
By Brian Robertson -- On a cold, gray spring morning, a young knight walks through their starving small town, plagued with death from the...
Apr 28, 20247 min read
Meet You at the Spot?
By Daisy Sanchez -- It was a warm, and sunny March afternoon. The sunlight was falling through the pane glass window onto the linoleum...
Apr 28, 20246 min read
A Process
By Maggie Nerz Iribarne -- On her way through the familiar lobby, Margaret passed Superintendent Kevin, or K-man, as Phil used to call...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Laptop Larceny
By J.B. Cornelius -- Curtis went to Walmart to buy valve-stem caps for his tires. On impulse, he also grabbed a pack of chewing gum at...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Madame Candy
By J.B. Cornelius -- My first cousin blesses her phone before she answers it. This takes a while—exactly three rings. She also flips...
Apr 28, 20243 min read
1970
By DC Diamondopolous -- Drunk and stoned, Scott staggered out the door of the Whisky a Go Go and into the night. A blurred neon sign from...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Turf
By B. B. Schaikes [Winner: 1st Place] -- I was devoted to the practice of going to Starbucks at 5 a.m. every Sunday morning and sitting...
Apr 27, 20242 min read
The Offering
By Michael B. Schwartz [Winner: 2nd Place] -- Charles made sure he placed his basket on the table the night before. There was no way he...
Apr 27, 20248 min read
ELECTRIC CANDLE
By Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi [Winner: 3rd Place] -- Heart pumping faster than her legs, she feared she might kill her mother, feared her...
Apr 27, 20248 min read
My Rock, My Life - A
By Davonna Rodriguez -- I feel I always need to be doing a million things Or else I'm falling behind Or not doing enough My rock, my beach, my bean Comes and grounds me. Your curly hair Dark brown eyes Rough yet soft hands Hold me, secure me. The world can be so cruel Not understanding of where I belong But I always know I belong with you, You and orange, brown, and blue. Author Bio: Davonna Rodriguez is an English major, working to achieve her Bachelors Degree and hopes to w
May 131 min read
Renegades
By Kyle Ethan Valla -- Drip… Drip… Drip… The rain. It had made its way down to the fourth floor, near our homeroom. What was left was the natural element breaching our artificial world in the form of a waterfall flowing down a flight of stairs, with its perpetrator being the doors to the rooftop, opened slightly enough to allow the rainstorm outside to make its entrance. Looking down, observing my now soaked sneakers, the realization of what caused this slight flooding sl
May 1312 min read
How
By Sophia Leat -- Written with the intensity of the Russian dialect, interact with the uncertainty of a calf's first steps. What suit to follow remains unbeknownst to me, so I lean into the desire of feeling. I blink and blink and blink, though I cannot seem to rid my eyes of the remnants of my emergence — it has managed to remain unwavering ambiguity. My presence as uncomfortable and unavoidable as gastrointestinal issues — as a concave mirror my focal point remains undis
May 131 min read
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