The Matron - Daryl Ellerbe
*This is the winning selection of the Fall 2022 $300 Fall Short Story, Fiction, & Non-Fiction Contest. The first sound was snow falling...
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- Feb 13
- 8 min
Dirty Little Secrets - Shelby Hunt
Evelyn Knight stared out the window of the black limo, anxious to get home and see her mother, she picked at her nails in her lap. Evelyn...
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
Rusalka - Hannah Cole
It’s like drawing in sand. This is what Rusalka whispers through the crack in the bathroom stall, referring to the men she meets in...
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- Jan 13
- 14 min
Unending, Unchanging Midnight - Emma Neal
Growing up, and by that I mean my emo-middle school era, I was obsessed with the “forbidden.” It really wasn’t that scandalous, it just...
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- Dec 28, 2022
- 7 min
Welded Flowers - Tiffany Lindfield
The room was dark, perpetually, except for a single table lamp; it wasn’t enough to make Angelic feel safe. She remembered the night sky,...
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 17 min
Always Late - Deanna McFadden
Pressure hummed throughout their days, an oven too hot or too cold, a child sleeping late or refusing to get into their winter gear, a...
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 11 min
The Zoo - Jean Gismervik
“What are we going to do about the crocodiles?” Elseid’s bluntness was often unnecessary, but this time he was not wrong in his...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 11 min
Le Laurier Rose - Cathleen Davies
Something was amiss. The rings were gold in colour, but that was where all resemblance ended. The so-called diamonds hung, heavy and dull...
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- Aug 15, 2022
- 6 min
Being with Him - Melissa Mark
\Being with him embodies that feeling, like the one that surged through me moments before every high school football game. Back then, we...
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- Jul 22, 2022
- 4 min
Dolores Unstrung - Sophia Sorrentino
It’s Tuesday night, and I’m alone at the bar. I always come alone. It’s the perfect place to people watch: college kids playing dress-up...
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- May 27, 2022
- 15 min
DRIVER’S ED - Madeleine Belden
It happened on the same day that I got my driver’s license. It was after dinner (Claire, my mom, made her usual vile eggplant and kale...
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- Apr 19, 2022
- 12 min
Hair dye and Color Theory - Madeline Vickers
Libbie walked slowly into the house from her car. It wasn’t familiar to her. Her parents bought it two years ago. She thought it was her...
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- Apr 5, 2022
- 10 min
The Game of Pretend - Rachel Nielsen
Every summer, the old station wagon turns down the dirt path to the saggy wooden gate and we settle in to the cabin for a few weeks. The...
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- Apr 3, 2022
- 10 min
Letdown - Jeni Anderson
Should I have written Busy? Occupied didn’t feel right. Please Knock? Stay the hell out was my first impulse, but acting on impulse...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 6 min
Iris - Marie Fayssoux
I was a sophomore in high school when she started forgetting what day of the week it was and where she put her glasses. I didn’t care –...
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- Feb 16, 2022
- 13 min
Black Ice - Quincy de Vries
I never could keep plants alive. I water them, change their position in the room for better sun and watch countless tutorials for...
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- Feb 14, 2022
- 5 min
My Busy Year - Lindsay Hein
I made sure I kept myself busy that year. There was plenty of work to be had in those days, especially for a nanny like me. I was working...
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- Jan 28, 2022
- 10 min
THE CITY OF MERCY - Malaika Favorite
The population of Mercy was moderate with very few children. You could say that they were all children no matter how old they were, they...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 10 min
Four Years of Insomnia by Izzy Teitelbaum
I tap the pack of American Spirits on my palm, pretty sure I hadn’t smoked them all. My body has been on autopilot since I was yanked...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 7 min
Rita Mae - Elizabeth Conte
I was used to men leaving. When Danaris closed the door behind him, I didn’t cry out, “Please don’t go!” No. No one can stop a man from...
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