“necromancy” by Ellen Warren

necromancy betwixt childhood and adolescence,the bell is tugged, ringing and whipping.a premature burial, born of intensechildish fevers. worms inhabitthe blood and dirt, liningthe delicate throat. collecting organs felt like picking daisies,sticky with congealed...

Rebirth Release Party

EVENT OVERVIEW Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025 Time: 18:00 GMT Format: online Price: free Summary: Join us as we celebrate the release of our newest anthology, Rebirth! Event recording: link event description Join us on Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM GMT to celebrate the...

“With Hearth & Home, A Phoenix May Rest” by Mariya Kika

With Hearth & Home, a Phoenix May Rest Some say failure tastes of iron.He knows better. Failure is cloying ash coating his tongue, the brittle soot of burnt dreams and a flammable future. He rolls the grit of it between his teeth, spitting out black loss as he...

“The Four Types of Conditionals” by Sandra Jensen

The Four Types of Conditionals If I had learned to breathe, I might not have this knot in my stomach. If I had an actual knot in my stomach, I might discover how to untie it. If I had never gotten bitten by a tick, I’d be dancing right now. If I were dancing right...

“Burn Like a Phoenix” by Sonny Arifien

Burn Like a Phoenix I am invisible. I can walk up and down this busy strip on a Saturday night and remain unseen. People walk through me, never around me. I leave no trace, no footprint, no shadow. Being invisible comes with its pitfalls and challenges. It has its...

“Still” by Nomi McLeod

Still Shall I talk of the starlight that shines beyond extinction, travelling the dark to reach us? Or will I tell you the truthhow the heat in her small body,so briefly borrowed from my womb, gently vanishedbefore the midwife took her from the room. How I cupped...

“Climate Grief” by Gabrielle Martin

Climate Grief It is March still in the small of my backand my eyes are reeling—too many trees flash by like wounded corpses,too many roads for flooding,too many miles and I have to slow the car down.When the fires finally come, will those trees still be standing? The...

Stories of Rebellion Release Party

EVENT OVERVIEW Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024 Time: 18:00 GMT Format: online Price: free Summary: Join us as we celebrate the release of our newest anthology, Stories of Rebellion! Event recording: link event description Join us on Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM GMT...

“The Salmon/Over” by Sean Dudley

The noise my brothers made as they got out of bed would wake me up most mornings. There were four of us in the one room, split between two sets of bunk beds. Two of my brothers had to get up early six days out of seven and head down to the brewery for their shifts. I...

“The fight is all I’ve ever known” by Klara Pertmann

I’m visiting my parents. The coffee tastes like COVID and the soap smells like me trying my hardest. Rolling out my yoga mat on the floor, I remember all the times I’ve been here before. In this house and home, in this practice of breathing, stretching, and...

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