1899: Pillar of Salt
/…thought it was beautiful when you first told me that you built me an altar upon which you would dance with me and lie with me, dine with me, drown with…
By Natasha Muhanji
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His Struggle
/His struggle is a small…
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…do I find the balance. What is the difference? How do I try and help myself at night time from having the same gut wrenching dream of the people who are sadly no longer living? My loved ones who I looked up to when I was just a energetic, enthusiastic loved filled little boy…
By Jordan Howat
Read MoreTex and CoTex
/…was an unusually cold night for Las Vegas, it was freezing. I was told it was forty-three degrees but I questioned the source of the information. It felt much colder than what the inebriated meteorologist told me. I'm sure it was a guess, not a fact. He staggered off…
By Judge Santiago Burdon
Read MoreUnforgettable
/…nodded, staring at the television screen, her chin in her hand in complete boredom. They scrolled through the on-screen menu, searching for a film to watch, something, anything. Their film nights used to be the highlight of the week but these days they struggled…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreLivin' the Dream
/…at some point I’d end up letting go of the 4 wheels and scoop up a scooter - a ride to and from the beach, all I need. My dream come true. It’s what I stayed behind that life-sucking cubby desk for all these years - to be a beach bum! Rain or shine, to inhale that wet, salty sea air, feel the spray of frolicking…
By Fran Pearce
Read MoreOne for you, Dad.
/…arrived at the hospital just after six, as he’d been doing for weeks now. He couldn’t even recall exactly how long his father had been in hospital. The visits every night had become his new routine. Where he had once gone home after work, feet-up in front of the television with his wife, he now headed straight to the…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreShow Me What I Am
/…head throbbed as she heard laughs around her. “Do our homework for us, or else,” Saanvi warned. She fell to the ground as her enemy kicked her stomach and walked away. “You better give it by the lunch break,” Rekha said in a sing-song voice, kicking her left shoulder. She felt the world go blurry as her eyes…
By Aanika Gajendragad
Read MoreThe Rialto Man
/…spotted the old feller as soon as he entered the snooker club. Everyone else in the place was under thirty years old and wearing casual clothes. Compared to the others in tracksuits and hooded tops, the old guy in the suit looked like he was visiting from another age. Keith gave his friend Mike a nudge…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreAn Accident
/…strong, wonderful hands.
"I might amputate to save you," the doctor said.
"Not my hand!" our friend cried.
"But it's a matter of your…
By Norbert Kovacs
Read MoreThe Clown
/She enters an antiques store and wants to buy a painting of a clown. The old proprietor reveals why she can't buy it.
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…started looking at the walls. She had enough furniture, but she needed something on the walls of her apartment in downtown Ashleyville, Ohio. She walked to the rear of the small, crowded store and…
By Anita G. Gorman
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