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May 2022 Short Story Picture Prompt Contest Winner
The chandelier blazes like a summer sun. The clink of a hundred glasses shatters the room and a...
I Need to Know – April 2022 Short Story Picture Prompt Contest
The Seventieth Sketch
By D. G. Snapper Relatives slowly drifted out of the funeral reception into their own sunny lives. When the last...
Un-Integrated
By Maya Toman When the elf entered the tavern, everything about him screamed trouble. His long hair, forest-green...
Teaching Freedom
Arthur Blakeney hated September. He didn't despise fall’s arrival, or his students’ return to his one-room...
A Sprig of Green
By Jane Maree I scrub some of the dirt from between my fingers, trying to ignore the furious beating of my heart as I...
To Whom the Future Belongs
Serena could change the future. Most days it wasn’t all that interesting. She’d see a potential future in her dreams...
Ceiling Tiles
Anna Shipley had often been told she was an old soul in a young body. And upon being admitted to the Golden Years...
For the Sake of Her Crumble
The world was ripe for exploitation. Limitless opportunities to profit from, secrets to uncover and sell, systems to...
BONDAGE
By Tessa Just Swish, crackle, swish. The sound of straw being moved filled the longhouse....
A Girl Named Avery
By Jess Hessler I wasn't too excited about visiting Gramps. After his last stroke, the doctor decided to keep him for...