The email is from an anonymous sender: no subject, no message, just a hyperlink that makes my guts clench. This has… Read more Flash-Fiction
Short Story
The squat creature with its gently striped snout burrowed deep inside the soil, pushing through layers of damp, golden clods.… Read more Short Story
Creative Non-Fiction
It’s not a big deal. It’s not a big deal. It’s not a big deal. That’s what I tell myself… Read more Creative Non-Fiction
Short Story
– from here, fact – The author, Sebastian Porteus, had been a pupil at the school that I had… Read more Short Story
Author Interview
Tamara Lazaroff’s short stories and poems have been published, performed and broadcast in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. Last… Read more Author Interview
Non-Fiction
Thomas Mann said, “A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” He… Read more Non-Fiction
Short Story
Harlow watched Lyle from the Gods, the blues seeding and blossoming in her bosom. He started with a few,… Read more Short Story
Short Story
The day Ethel appeared on her stepmother’s doorstep, with nothing but a battered suitcase and a sinking feeling, was one… Read more Short Story
Flash-Fiction
Despite the constant heat we got a lot of work done during the day. Work was our only escape from… Read more Flash-Fiction
Short Story
“Par-tay! Par-tay! Par-tay!” The chanting continued as people streamed at their leisure out to the streets. “I like the garlands;… Read more Short Story
