Reconfiguration
The leaf brushed her cheek, and she awoke. She reached to swipe it away, but it was already gone. She sat up in her sleeping bag. The...
Jhon Sanchez
- Sep 12
The Chocolate Doll Cake
In the candy store, Maruja held a heart with cherry filling to put inside the chocolate doll cake. The brown loaf humanoid resembled her...
Olivia Even-Vaca
- Aug 30
The Burnings
The boy appeared at dusk. That alone ought to have been warning enough. Blustering gusts had pushed inland a rumbling, crackling mass of...
Gaby Harnish
- Jul 26
The Human Show
I’m not the only Californian Man in the human show, but Miss Carolyn assures me I am the best. Miss Carolyn is my handler. Her real name,...
Nichole Brazelton
- May 4
A Room of Her Bones
by Nichole Brazelton. “it was here that she lay in bed, listening to the birds singing in Greek and imagining that King Edward VII lurked...
Katherine Dering
- Apr 12
Little Shell Girl
This story is dedicated to the memory of my sister, Grace, who died suddenly last year and will always be young in my heart. One spring...
Diana Radovan
- Mar 18
Dreaming of Whales
“Words carry oceans on their small backs.” - Lidia Yuknavitch Imagine a girl living inside the ocean, dreaming of a girl living on the...
Matthew Bettencourt
- Feb 28
Folds and Creases
You found The Chair sometime last fall. It was dark in that solstice sort of way, a weighted blanket of starless sky, and you had already...