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The Well
In the not-so-distant future, Violet is living in a world where creativity holds more weight than power. After the sudden death of her best friend Colin, Violet finds herself in Cafe Number 17, one of the many coffee wells that have opened for business around central London. Inside we find…
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The Fallen Restaurant
A short story by Plamen Vasilev -Isn’t it forbidden to enter here? -What do you think? -I think we should have at least brought flashlights, because… -We should have, but we didn’t. Let’s go. You’ll like it, you’ll see. The trail wound through thorny brambles was difficult to follow. Tall trees hid the…
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It Could Be
a short story by Susan Andrelchik Doreen and Joe talked a lot about payroll the day before each bank trip. The payroll talk helped me figure out where I was going after school. I kind of liked the bank trips and I kind of liked Doreen and Joe. They…
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Two Poems by Corey Mesler
Poetry by Corey Mesler Nothing (Your Name Here) I will write this poem and never edit it. I will write this poem and leave your name out. I will write this poem and I will talk about everything except how I hate writing this poem. I will write this poem and sell it to…
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Three by Charlie Brice
a poetry collection by Charlie Brice Phaedo In memory of Richard L. Howey Fifty years. Fifty years of your wisdom. And now this card that only I can write. The nuns told me that I had no chance to succeed in college. Your mother is wasting her money sending you to college, they chortled. But…
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Points of Origin
A Poetry Collection by William Doreski Structural and Scriptual Filthy snowbanks by the road have toughened into structural elements, intentions unknown. Possibly they uphold claims of imagined figures that haunt the sky that weeps in my good eye. Maybe they promise an afterlife denser than marble or bronze. Engines rant and gasp up the hill toward…
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29, Repeated
a short story by Erin Jamieson He was always going to die on time. It’s fitting, for someone who used to insist on leaving an hour before an appointment that took twenty minutes to drive to. Who laid out his clothes the night before, then a second checkered shirt and…
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On the Suppression of Wrath
A poetry collection by Keiraj M. Gillis Conciliatory Kiss A gift from a father, a friend, even when given with blessed intent, steams and burns in the hot presence of He who gives good gifts to His children, those gifts dancing in step to the same song; beauty and utility…
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Godly
A Collection by Ashley Symone Young Gods He asks, “do you want to play?” I say okay. He says, “wait here” I tell him I’ll never go away. Why? Because he’s got forever written in gold Across his eyes. His lips, Sweeter than cherry tips Are promising me eternity with…
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Rosalind
A Short Story by Iris Bosma When I first saw her, she reminded me of a Shakespearean character. Rosalind. As You Like It. Sweet, pretty, and audacious. Too smart for the people around her. So naturally, that has to be her name, too. She looks like someone who would be…
The Carried Away 