Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Fiction.
The Rust
She skated two fingers over the glossy layer of crystalized sugar, then tapped lightly on warm little creme brulee. She knew it wouldn’t break through yet to the pudding center, yet pressed it slightly more, not really wanting to break it quite yet. This was such a rare treat.
By Kathryn Premraj5 years ago in Fiction
End of Beef
The End of Beef A whistle blows; “Mooooooove” is heard loudly overhead. I stand in line, hand to my heart locket, and look over at my sister. We follow forward, shuffling slowly. The facility starts to appear from out of the fog. “What do you think happens once we get inside,” I ask. She doesn’t answer. The line continues forward in the dark.
By Kat Moonin5 years ago in Fiction
In Black
In April, the cherry blossoms used to fall, covering the courtyard outside our apartment in a pink blanket. Dad used to tell me that the building was designed to look like a Spanish hacienda. I think hacienda means big house, but I never did ask him about it. I’ll never be able to ask him about it. The cherry blossoms won’t fall this year because the trees are dead. Almost everything is dead now, including my dad.
By Mack Devlin5 years ago in Fiction
A Dry, Cracked Earth
The only certainty that I hadn’t been alone came from the pulsation in the red sand, alerting me to another ship taking off towards a different home. Of course, this meant I didn’t know if I was alone now, for good, the last on earth. And every time the ground shook, I knew I was closing that gap between the last and the dead.
By Katelyn Marie Clair5 years ago in Fiction
Through The Dark Tunnel
Maya was born in 1992. Little did she know, she had been born into a secret society, that did not have the best intentions because of the illusion of fear that lingered in their energy field. Maya only realized this when she was 29-years-old after finally breaking free from the trauma and pain that had been passed down by her ancestors.
By scarlettbee5 years ago in Fiction
Orchid Birch
Blood dripped from her teeth and bits of flesh dangled from her fingertips as she rose from her crouched position over the lifeless body she’d been feasting on. Three more gathered, their teeth bared, the hair on their necks raised “Orchid Birch, we have a warrant for your arrest for crimes against humanity.”
By Mirinda Hart5 years ago in Fiction
The Little Red Lies
In a time after we took too long to take the COVID-19 virus seriously, after a little under half the population was wiped and mutilated in the guise of surviving a zombie apocalypse. A time where we all sold our souls and realized how scary right J.F.K was when he spoke about the greatest threat to America and perhaps even the whole world.
By Seth Jimerson5 years ago in Fiction
MUTIES
Night fell hard and fast with a steady twilight rain. Downtown New York was a ghost town of boarded up churches, gyms, restaurants, bars, and the local hardware store. Strangely enough, the liquor store remained unaffected by the Governor's orders. A terrified, suspicious, and confused citizenry had given a freshman governor a vast degree of control over their actions. Like any other young, inexperienced egomaniac with the offer of a lot of power on the table, the governor took the offer of enhanced powers and ran with it.
By Kent Brindley5 years ago in Fiction
Her Nuclear Family
The trees were ripe with fruit. Green turned to red, deep and dark like blood. Each one nestled in leaves, wrapped around it protectively as though the branches knew that you might steal one, and were prepared to scratch. Luca gazed up, eyes squinting at the light that fell dappled between the shapes. She could practically taste them; she had done that once, against the better judgment of the elders. At first the fruit had been sweet, then a striking bitter that had lingered on her tongue for days.
By Matilda Lambert5 years ago in Fiction
