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Dec 14, 202111 min read

[Fiction] U-Haul

by Ioannis Argiris “Damn. Jimmy’s got to keep this shit on the low,” Jules says. The U-Haul truck’s suspension seems lower than what he...

Dec 14, 20217 min read

[Fiction] Pool #31

By Peter Steinfeld We’d gotten everything: cake, flowers, presents, balloons… The cards somehow had slipped my mind. I searched before...

Dec 14, 202117 min read

[Fiction] All That Glitters

by Wendy Maxon Sara used to love the pastel seascape she’d painted on her curbside mailbox, but today its red plastic flag beckoned like...

Dec 14, 202115 min read

[Fiction] Stool Pigeon

By Brian Asman So the other weird thing about Bruno Harbeck’s bar was he had this pigeon. It sat on a stool next to a vintage...

Dec 14, 202118 min read

[Fiction] Yes, Virginia

by Gary Grace I went to visit Mam every Wednesday evening in the home. Ultimately it was my decision. Her and Dad hadn’t spoken in years....

Dec 14, 20218 min read

[Fiction] Where it Grows

by Megan Jauregui Eccles “Grow yourself a boyfriend,” the box said. How easy it would be. Plant the seed six inches below the soil,...

Jul 16, 202118 min read

[Fiction] The Jetty by Leanne Phillips

TW: suicide, death By Leanne Phillips This afternoon, the sky reminds me of a sky I knew one hundred years ago. I reveled in cold winter...

Jul 16, 202128 min read

[Fiction] salmon.king by Art Hanlon

By Art Hanlon Michael left Seattle the year people were getting in touch with their anger. All morning he began to notice the angry...

Jul 15, 202123 min read

[Fiction] A Place to Call Home by Tomas Baiza

By Tomas Baiza “Sssso, explain to us, young man, why you believe we should proceed with thisss transaction?” The strange voice had...

Jan 19, 20217 min read

[Fiction] Muhammad Ali's Ballpoint Pen by Ben Loory

Muhammad Ali's Ballpoint Pen by Ben Loory Muhammad Ali had a favorite pen. He found it in a drugstore one day. The pen wasn't anything...

Jan 12, 20218 min read

[Fiction] From the Other Side by Jordan Nishkian

From the Other Side by Jordan Nishkian Your breath casts a growing fog over the glass while the other side, slicked with rain, gets...

Jan 12, 202115 min read

[Fiction] Any Given Night By Kathryn E. McGee

Any Given Night by Kathryn E. McGee The clinking of champagne glasses—it’s for me this time. I squeeze Bret’s hand while my best friend,...

Jan 12, 202116 min read

[Fiction] Painted Ladies by Victoria Waddle

The ghost leaning over Carly’s mother could easily be her father, checking back in on the material world. Substantial, it curls over and...

Jan 12, 202120 min read

[Fiction] Sometimes They Bite by Lawrence Block

Sometimes They Bite by Lawrence Block Mowbray had been fishing the lake for the better than two hours before he encountered the heavy-set...

Jan 11, 202120 min read

[Fiction] Harmony Saylor by Art Hanlon

Harmony Saylor by Art Hanlon I first heard of Harmony Saylor one night while drinking with friends in The Skull of the Oreodont, a bar...

Nov 3, 20203 min read

[Kelp Original Fiction] The Hammer and the Flame

by J.R. Angelella My father complained of having flame-shaped hands. He hated that he didn't have hands like his father, my grandfather,...

Oct 30, 20208 min read

[Fiction Contest Winner] THE PULL

by Liz Michaud The screen door of our cabin swung shut with a shriek of rusty hinges. I flinched at the sound but kept my eyes fixed on...

Oct 22, 20202 min read

[Fiction] The Isle of None

by Kendall Brunson There’s the drink you don’t need but take anyway. That’s every drink. But the world is ending. Your uncle, one of the...

Oct 16, 202010 min read

[Fiction] The Times They Are a-Changin'

by Arshan Dhillon I was ten years old when I finally went fishing with my grandpa. He had promised the fishing trip for months. Before we...

Jun 30, 202019 min read

#SIP - Fiction by Emily Carpenter

Seeing Even the Blind Can Do by Emily Carpenter BADADADA BADADADA badadada badadada… BADADADA BADADADA badadada badadada… 7:00 a.m. Eyes...

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