Story of the Week

"The Screw" by 

Christina Nordlander

Eerie, futuristic, and dystopian, our Story of the Week explores what might happen if our happiness is tied not to the joy brought by natural experiences, but rather a screw strategically placed in our bodies.

The Screw

  • 4.9
( 3 Reviews )

After cleaning the cleared-out flat I turned off the remote control. I went one last round to see whether there was anything left for me

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Contemporary Fiction

book group
Bo Lowry

Coughing Fit

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

I was annoyed when my husband started referring to our book group as “The Cult”, but mostly because part of me knew he was right.

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flash fiction
Tanya Hall

A Night of Passionfruit

A 500 word first date flash fiction. Pasito is an Australian passionfruit soft drink.  “Tomato sauce?” “Prefer barbecue.” “Summer or winter?” “Winter. I like watching

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Romance

A Garter Snake and a Python

“Have you thought about herpetology?” the academic advisor said, looking at his reflection in sunglasses. If he shifted his gaze a little, he’d be looking

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clytie
Christina Nordlander

Sun, Sea, Desert, Sky

The world above the rocks that ringed their green deep was small and scorched with summer heat, and Clytie’s sisters would have called her foolish

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planet
Casey Lawrence

Planet B

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

As the G-forces pinned her to her assigned seat, Astrid felt as though this was all a grand mistake. Maybe it was the unimaginable pressure,

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Dog
Tim McDaniel

New Trick

The phone rang. Actually, it didn’t ring. It played that stupid “Who Let the Dogs Out” song. Jesse had made it do that, had downloaded

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Colors
Andrey Lukyanov

It Is Up To You

The notion of love and beauty is still there right?  One might start to believe, especially with the last few years, that it’s an outmoded

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horror
Michael Robert

In The Foothills (Story Cubes #4)

Nestled in the foothills of the Front Range sits a compound. This compound has sprawling concrete walkways connecting the various buildings and cages. Buildings dotted

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True Story

coming of age
A.K. Noctua

My First Time Trying Pozole

The pristine light of the summer sun smacked me across the face. The massive jackhammer in my head told me we had danced in the

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anti-christ
Tim McDaniel

The New Kid

 It started in the seventh grade. That was when the new kid came to our school, the antichrist I mean, and he sat right behind

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TIME WON'T WAIT ON ANY OF US!
Walker Ikard

TIME ROLLS ON

  • 1.5
( 1 Reviews )

Each person has their day in the sun, so to speak. But time keeps rolling on. You can’t stop time, no matter what you do.

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christmas day
Gerald Washington

Rise & Shine On Christmas Morning

Another Christmas morning has come, but the experience feels new My entire body becomes conscious I don’t know what to do Well, I have an

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call
Conor Matthews

The Call

Calling in the night, He stands in the open, Howling at the moon, A silhouette in your sight. Every evening is the same, The climb

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