Mutual Restraining Orders

Mark KuglinNovember 3, 2019

Mutual Restraining Orders written by: Mark Kuglin @cr8fiction   A strong aroma of cordite--hanging defiantly in the air-- and the sickeningly pu...

EnglishLiterature7 min read

Dark and Empty

Catherine Anne MacKenzieOctober 31, 2019

Dark and Empty written by: Catherine Anne MacKenzie @grannymackenzie   The carousel slowly twirled while the little horses jumped through the air in ...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature14 min read

Melanie and The Undead

Debbie ArutaOctober 30, 2019

Melanie and The Undead written by: Debbie Aruta @Debbie_Aruta   Melanie gathered the items she had at home that were required to perform the ann...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature6 min read

Madness of The Moretto

Christina CiufoOctober 26, 2019

Madness of The Moretto written by: Christina Ciufo @ChristinaCiufo   If you hear phantom trumpets, faint violin strings strumming, and bellow Gregori...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature21 min read

Bon Odori

Tim GardinerOctober 19, 2019

Bon Odori written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3   The Bon Festival of the Dead is the perfect night to search for the lost mask of Lord Masamune on ...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature3 min read

Still Water Runs Deep

Dawn DeBraalOctober 13, 2019

Still Water Runs Deep written by: Dawn DeBraal   Lanette Bradley was voted the prettiest girl at Tioga High School. Her face would haunt students and ...

EnglishLiterature14 min read

Gangster In Paradise

Paul Anthony ObeySeptember 24, 2019

Gangster In Paradise written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1   The Mafia Don that coolest of cats, Belies all of the murder and treachery, Sha...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Why I Killed A Snake on Purpose Without Meaning To

Mary SaylerJuly 17, 2019

Why I Killed A Snake on Purpose Without Meaning To written by: Mary Sayler @MaryHSayler   Tree pruners in hand, I headed for a small branch tightly ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

That’s So OCD

Henna JohansdotterJuly 9, 2019

That's So OCD written by: Henna Johansdotter @HjdPoetry   I used to murder my family before I went to bed woke up around 3 AM and murdered them a coup...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Her First Step

Rohini KB ReddyMay 8, 2019

Her First Step written by: Rohini KB Reddy @rohiniprajapat3   She stood outside the gate, in the bright sunlight, smiling to the sun. Finally, she was ...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

The Corpse

Ipsita BanerjeeFebruary 23, 2019

The Corpse written by: Ipsita Banerjee @ipsyb   The corpse you planted so carefully last year is bearing fruit. Reaching out to the sky in tendril...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry0 min read

The Wandering Corpse

P.C. DarkcliffFebruary 17, 2019

The Wandering Corpse written by: P.C. Darkcliff @P_C_Darkcliff   I knew Auntie came to kill me the moment she entered my bedroom. I saw it in her eye...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature15 min read

My State Consuls

Dr. Nikhat BanoJanuary 31, 2019

MY STATE CONSULS written by: Dr. Nikhat Bano   I headed towards you one fine day, towards a home away from home; Towards my clan and my countrymen, u...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Grandfather’s Clock

Bruce RoweDecember 6, 2018

Grandfather's Clock written by: Bruce Rowe   The date on the back of the German-built grandfather clock read 1872 ˗ ironically the same year that gran...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature17 min read