poem by Richard Collins
Virgin brides and tennis players Corpses always dress in white like virgin brides and tennis players
The City That Apologized
by Mali Rudran The First Sorry At 6:12 a.m. on an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday, the city apologized. It began with a single traffic light at the intersection of Nicholson and Victoria. As the lights cycled from red to green, the pedestrian signal emitted a soft chime and then, in a tone halfway between a […]
Micro fictions
by Lance Mazmanian Black Bat Rainbow The small black bat flew a bouncy into Annie’s Bakery, a canvas bag the size of a large donut tied to its left leg.
Flash Fiction
by Salami Femi Fly away “Bro, Liverpool would win tonight’s game o….”, Ife said. “We are the better team.”
poem by Paweł Markiewicz
The she-pirate in the tavern II /11/ The fervent tavern was full of graceful mice. They ran around and they were as charm-like ghosts.
Two Black Dresses
by Jonathan Ferrini Every day at three o’clock as the afternoon sun fought through the dusty windows and the high school down the street let out, a teenage girl would slip quietly into the boutique. She never spoke, never bought anything, just wandered to the same rack and lingered over a particular black dress. Minerva […]
The Tussar Saree
by Oindrila Ghosal Sound The first time I draped the beige tussar silk saree, I had no premonition. Even when I ran my fingers across the embroidered flowers and paisleys on the dull gold of the coarse silk while adjusting the pleats, there were no whispers.
The Light in the Woods
by Douglas Young Clyde Baxter and Sedona Watts held hands driving up the rural, two-lane highway. They had almost reached the mountainous Thadeus Holtzclaw State Park where Sedona had tried to get Clyde to go camping for years. Though she loved the outdoors and had many happy camping memories, Clyde preferred nature from a […]
poem by Dan Raphael
That Lived-in Look “nothing is different but/ everything has changed” [paul simon] sweep the floor predict the weather
Rock Star at La Scala
by DC Diamondopolous Paparazzi elbowed their way past CNN talking heads as media from around the world made camp on the plaza. Fans, young and old, T-shirt vendors, street singers, mime artists, and pickpockets crowded La Scala Square, and the Piazza del Duomo. Helicopters circled, the chop-chop mixed with the thumping rock of the jumbo-screen […]