The Midday Ghoul
By Safa Elnaili Image by Zolotarevs Mama and Baba went to their room for their afternoon nap. He complimented her couscous. She smiled. “Extra spicy, though!” he said. She grinned. “A little… Continue Reading
Fantasy
Crow Barn
By DC Diamondopolous Image by toddwmac The rope pulled at Calypso’s waist. She staggered then stumbled as she clawed her way up the hill with Phoebe tied below. They had been searching for Alawisha, their younger sister, since… Continue Reading
Team Meet
By Nicole Walsh Image by TheMartian Morgaine the Green diffuses expensive and rare essential oils in her office every Monday morning before Team Meet to ‘get her in the spirit’ of the work week. I could smell the… Continue Reading
Dunte’s Plague
By S. A. Locket Image by White_Raven_new23 Dunte’s tears made wounds upon his paper cheeks, leading to the brown wrinkles on the corners of his mouth, a memory of when he used to smile. Tempest was beautiful. Its… Continue Reading
The Rodadora
By Helen Gallegos Evans Image by John D Sirlin They came today. Not with a grand entrance, they didn’t need one. The Rodadora didn’t feel entitled: they simply took what was theirs,… Continue Reading
Small Talk with the Enemy
By Rudolfo San Miguel Image by Bru-nO The first time I spoke with the Devil, I found him surprisingly down-to-earth. He offered me a seat and explained it was a long time since he had a simple conversation. He… Continue Reading
What Belief Can and Cannot do
By Jordan Marie McCaw Image by Gilda Tenorio The inside of this tent felt like the inside of Carrie’s heart: cold, empty, a place once full of people now deserted. Outside the purple tent she could hear the… Continue Reading
The Cat
By Nicole Walsh Image by FellowNeko The cat followed him home. Tomas Shine spent three and a half minutes in the stairwell hyperventilating. He heard Mrs Helen Acres, the widow from Unit Two, clatter and batter her way… Continue Reading
Never Finished
By Joel Armstrong Image by vlastas I hadn’t been to the Metropolitan Museum of Magic since college, but that same giddy excitement washed over me as I stepped into the central atrium. Vesuvius’s Thunderstorm hung over the entire… Continue Reading
Taking the Dark
By Keith ‘Doc’ Raymond Image by Pavel Chagochkin “Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow, there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow…” Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.… Continue Reading