Fall 2023
Beauty Is Pain
by A.D. Bell
Meet Malcolm, the most scarred man Kelly has ever seen. Today we feature “Beauty Is Pain,” a story by A.D. Bell.
Published November 15, 2023
A Pirate Story
by L.M. Spann
What makes a pirate, or a captain, or a song? L.M. Spann gives us a tale of rebellion and legacy in “A Pirate Story.”
Published October 18, 2023
Fall 2022 - Summer 2023
Sheep
by Haley Nguyen
Sheep is singular & plural & sometimes something else. This week, we feature a short story by Haley Nguyen. We are absolutely not making a joke here about how it will cause you sheepless nights. That would be baad.
Published June 21, 2023
Plot Hole
by Haley Nguyen
Philly residents are all too familiar with the spectacle of people throwing tributes into widening sinkholes in the street. This week, Haley Nguyen imagines a bottomless border dispute between rival townships in the arch parable, “Plot Hole.”
Published April 26, 2023
Float Under
by Ania Alberski
“The realm is near.” Ever wonder what it’s like to bounce through a portal (to borrow a phrase from Del tha Funkee Homosapien)? Ania Alberski shows us the way through and meets us on the other side .
Published April 10, 2023
Moving On
by Safiya Lahlaf
“The house past the old convent at the end of the road was sinking.” Thus we enter a tale of questionable foundations, hauntings at the edge of town, and rollerblading nuns, by Safiya Lahlaf.
Published April 4, 2023
A Cat in the Brain (or, Nine Lives, One Body)
by Daniel Beauregard
The cat came back / It wouldn’t stay away / Daniel Beauregard goes nuclear on an old family favorite tale.
Published March 15, 2023
Medusa and Herophile
by L. M. Spann
“Herophile was now unsure if bringing her niece on this journey had been a good idea. Their passage to Pytho had just begun, and the girl was already a distraction…”
Published November 28, 2022
A Green Thumb
by Jonathan Riggs
“The wax lips had no taste. Tessa chewed on them pensively, the blazing sun causing the molecules or whatever in the wax to stretch and sweat and leave her fingers sticky and red…”
Published November 14, 2022
A Trip to the Oscars
by Daniel Beauregard
“The dreams begin like this: I’m on the set of a Nicholas Cage film…”
Published October 17, 2022
Three Microfictions
by Meghan Phillips
“In the town where the final girl lives, none of the kids go to sleepaway camp anymore…”
Published October 3, 2022
As of Fire
by Scott Daughtridge DeMer
“Aelia snuck into the damp crawlspace to be alone, and as a game, spoke whatever words came to her mind…”
Published September 28, 2022