No Use Crying Over Spilled— by Chiara Bullen

She had learned to read for this outing, but that didn’t stop her from ignoring the sign stuck to the window. The glass was solid, stoic beneath her clammy hands. The delicate clouds of condensation left by her fingertips were almost enough to fascinate her.  Almost....

Come Home by Jen Cornick

A squealing giggle broke through the radio static for a moment, making the laughter sound older than it might have been. ‘You’re coming home,’ it whispered as Lucy and Sawyer drove down the highway, the only light coming from their car. Weeds had even started to push...

The Boy Who Went at 137 mph by Alice Langley

When Aaron Fletcher became the boy that got to 137 mph on the M76, everyone heard about it, including the police. The way Aaron tells it, they couldn’t catch him, even blue-lighting all the way to the edge of the slate-grey sea.  I was amazed that Aaron’s 1997 Skoda...

Common Sense of the People by Katie Harrison

Swiped   I met Paul the old-fashioned way. It’s unimaginable to think we used our fingers. Left, right, left, right, left, right. Right? We were in phase four of the Government’s plan. Or was it five? First, they stopped public gatherings. Then the schools...

Third Eye by Nadica Trajkova

Above the quaint and quiet apartment building located in the middle of an unnamed city floats a giant eye. It is hideous, large, swollen, and bloodshot, capillaries twirling and twisting like snakes throughout the entire eyeball. The optic nerve which connected it to...

The Ice Queen by Ellie Anthony

The chimes were ringing again. RING-RING. RING-RING-RING. And on and on. They did that when the wind wouldn’t let anyone get a single word in edgewise. It had to howl all night. It had to be right. THUNK. Slim branches rattled the small cottage. Despite their size,...

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