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A new flash fiction medical piece by Anne M. Carson is now out on our site. Art by Yana Golikova. Check it out!

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Almost a Schrödinger

by Anne M. CarsonHis cat is both alive, hovering at the moment of simultaneity, and also dead. The cartoon vet puts a sympathetic hand on the client’s shoulder, says, “About your cat Mr Schrödinger, I...

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November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM

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A new poem about food and inheritance by Giuseppe Farina is now out on our site.

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My Mother's Table

by Giuseppe Farinai kept my mothers' kitchen tableeight chairs long, solid woodlarge enough to hold a feast of platesand all of us to sit aroundsharing food and livesshe made bread upon it, sometimes ...

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November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM

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Six new photographs of life around the Charles River in the USA by Kelly DuMar are now out on our site. Check out her images and her artist statement.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM

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A new humorous time travel short story by Rosie Sedgwick is now out on our site. Check it out!

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Time Flies Like Knives

by Rosie SedgwickI was starting to panic; due in the room in fifteen minutes, all my stuff prepped. Students would be gathering, expectantly. My credibility would be shot if I arrived unprepared. Fin...

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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM

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A new short story about platonic love by Pete Mitchell is now out on our site. Check it out!

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Wednesday's Train

by Pete MitchellAt seven-thirty the station pulsed, coats brushed against each other, feet stamped as people reached the shelter of the station. Breaths rose like smoke from a hundred different chimne...

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November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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A new book review of Jonathan Butcher's recently published horror novel The Cold Visitor is now out on our site.

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The Cold Visitor Book Review

by Catalina Bonati3.75/5 stars ★★★⯪☆Jonathan Butcher’s The Cold Visitor (published October 4, 2025) is a haunted house and cosmic horror novel that centers on the marriage of Sally and Herbert, who ha...

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November 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM

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A new short story about grief and memory loss by Sambhu Ramachandran is now out on our site. Art by Magda Wolna.

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Water

by Sambhu RamachandranAnu woke in a cold sweat. It took some time for her moist eyes to attune themselves to the semi-darkness of the room. She looked at the clock. It was half past nine, which meant ...

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November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM

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A new poem about grief by Kristen Baum DeBeasi is now out on our site. Check it out below!

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Monster Cookies

by Kristen Baum DeBeasiFor Flossie winter’s day —you will not leave my mind all afternoonfour years before, I keep your house, my weekend job:face cloths all folded the same directionfor your gnarled ...

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November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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A new flash fiction piece about a too truthful dog by Christopher T. Dabrowski is now out on our site. Check it out!

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Helpful Dog

by Christopher DabrowskiHuman worked again, at a glowing rectangle—he called it a laptop.He looked tired, so Ozzy offered to help:- Get some rest, I'll pat the keyboard for you - he barked.Human strok...

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November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM

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Two new poems about family ties by Martha Clarkson are now out on our site. Check them out!

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Two Poems by Martha Clarkson

by Martha ClarksonThe Last ViewTeenager, trying to fall asleepI worried my father would die driving home drunk,crash into the big oakalong the speedy medianand I’d be stuck with my mother.But when the...

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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM

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A new short story about the good love of a pet by Frank Talaber @felicitytalisman.bsky.social is now out on our site. Check it out!

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November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM

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A new urban short story about trying to lead a new life by Gary Beck is now out on our site. Check it out!

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Shards of a Lost Life

by Gary BeckI had trouble containing my excitement on the bus ride from my house to my new summer workplace, the Neighborhood Community Center. Just before my sophomore year in high school ended I saw...

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November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM

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A new food poem about filet mignon by Bryan Franco is now out on our site. Art by Emma Van Der Akker. Check it out!

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Incursion on Filet Mignon

by Bryan FrancoAfter he cut off a charred edge of steak:before he bit the first bite,he impaled the steak with a steak knife,which stood at a perfect ninety-degree angle perpendicular to the steak.He ...

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November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM

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A tragic story of personal loss within romantic love by Onyinyechi Anyalenkeya is now out on our site. Art by Theo Bardsley. Check it out!

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Leaving Room

by Onyinyechi AnyalenkeyaHe began with the bedroom. She had smashed everything that could be smashed and shredded anything that could be shredded. He wasn’t particularly bothered, they were just thing...

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November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM

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A fairytale about a mouse by Sarah Reynolds is now out on our site. Check it out below!

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How the Mouse Got Big Ears

by Sarah ReynoldsHave you ever heard the story of how the mouse got his big ears?As all the animals were formed, some were made bigger and others smaller. As the years passed, the animals forgot why, ...

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November 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM

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A new travelogue by Meredith Stephens is now out on our site. Check it out below! Photography by herself.

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Dreaming of Kalbarri

by Meredith Stephens“Wake up! If we don’t get going now it will be too hot!” urged my fiance Alex.I couldn’t understand why we had to leave for Kalbarri National Park at 5:30am in darkness. Was it rea...

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November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM

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A new spiritual poem about the state of the world by Tom Lagasse is now out on our site. Check it out below!

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Pagan

by Tom LagasseLet’s just say there is a creator, a they/them who may/may not have a long white beard and be of European descent, a biblical grandfather who keeps tabulations in a giant notebook if the...

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October 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM

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A new candy love poem by Stephen Siciliano @highwayscribery.bsky.social is now out on our site. Check it out below!

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Sugar Momma

by Stephen SicilianoApricot blossom and Spicy RoseMint champagne throughYour heartIt flows.Coffee smoke comes a whisperin’ up.Let me drink from that Lovin’ Cup.Been Skipping down a Peppermint Milewait...

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October 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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A new food poem about dinner at the grandparents and roast beef by Donna Faulkner is now out on our site. Check it out! Art by ArtDesignTop.

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Passing it Down

by Donna FaulknerRoast beef in dripping. Baby peas backstroke in a gravy moat, avalanche down mash spud mountain. Yorkshire puddings - play fat aristocrat. Dinner at ...

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October 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM

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A new nostalgic short story about a childhood summer by Kelli J. Gavin is now out on our site. Art by Carol O'Malia.

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Fetching Fish

by Kelli J. GavinWhen I was a child, I was quite close with my Grandma Collova. Grandma and I enjoyed games of rummy at her kitchen table and T.V. dinners watching Wheel of Fortune. She would doze aft...

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October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM

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A new flash fiction piece about idealizing a cat by Irene Cunningham is now out on our site. Art by Titta Savaré. Check it out!

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Chaos Was A Blue Cat

by Irene Cunninghamthe woman I saw within her had pale blue hair with electric highlights. She could nestle in cloud under the moon… in fact it appeared sometimes there were great grey wings puffing a...

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October 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM

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New call for submissions!

We are looking for:
-Urban poetry
-Nostalgic stories (can be about childhood)

No deadline!
Max. 3,000 words per story. Max. 3 pages per poem. We accept submissions in English or in Spanish. You can submit on the submission at
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