The Portal
The portal opened on a Tuesday morning. It arrived suddenly, without notice. Sparks licked the concrete walls of the alleyway. Roaches scattered beneath the golden…
Author: Blake Talton
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Lumberjack
The forest grew lush and heavy. Rumors spread of the creature that lurked within the groves of thick oak and wild pine. People vanished overnight—never…
The Diver
I sliced my foot open on a broken bottle of Coors Light. It had fallen into the sand, half-buried, littered amongst the rest of the…
I think, wolf wolf wolf
I want him before he wants me. I am twenty-three years old and sipping mint juleps from red plastic cups when I see him. His…
The Surgeon
The year is 1918. Three thousand miles from Boston, in a shell-blasted field near Sallaumines, death lingers. It does not come from stray bullets, or…
Bluebird
A bluebird tapped at the windowsill. Its azure wings fluttered with sore contrast to the hospital’s grey and black. In a strange coincidence, the happy…