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Creatures of Habit

M. Stauring·December 12, 2025

Creature of Habit written by: M. Stauring - Humanity died much like how it’d been birthed, through a violent grasp at immortality...

English Literature

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In Circles

Nicole Sara·September 6, 2025

In Circles written by: Nicole Sara in the eye of the storm it is peace and quiet...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The ‘Irreversible’ of Time

Maria Chalastani·August 31, 2025

The ‘Irreversible’ of Time written by: Maria Chalastani On the ethereal tightrope of time my suspended, worn-out...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Lisa H. Owens, a retired flight attendant and former syndicated humorist columnist, resides in North Texas with a multitude of long-suffering houseplants and a senior rescue dog called Fred, who rules the roost. Her first published story was a mini-memoir about her close-call with the infamous Ted Bundy in 1978. A variety of Lisa’s multi-genre stories and poems are published in magazines and anthologies, and a collection of her own fictional pieces, as compiled by a boutique publisher, is scheduled for release in 2026. Her stories are often inspired by skeletons in the closet, and she’s not afraid of spiders and snakes.

Shuttered by Lynn Newman

Night shift has its own rhythm. By eleven, the ward had settled into the soft machinery of after-hours care. The corridors dimmed to permanent twilight. Monitors hummed like distant insects, and the wheels of the trolley learned to whisper. After enough years, the nurse had come to recognise the small patterns that meant someone was nearing their end. It wasn’t written in the notes. It happened at the windows and doors. People closed things. Both families and nurses complicit. Blinds first. Then curtains....

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The One

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Creatures of Habit

In Circles

The ‘Irreversible’ of Time

The Undercurrent

Dad

Interview Q&A II With Lisa H. Owens

Love in Vein

Beryl

Idiomatic

Never Hello

Turning Laments into Dancing

The Silence Within

Missed

After the Second Death

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