Robyn Thomas
The Listeners
October 15, 2043 I’ve been accepted! By train and boat we journey to join the other initiates. We’re allowed three final phone calls –...
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Latest Works
V.T. Mikolajczyk
- Jul 19
- 8 min
The Salt Towers
There’s a clearing in the center of the Salt Towers where the red ash settles. The pointed remains of stalagmites, exposed to the sky...
Warren Benedetto
- Jul 19
- 7 min
Uncle Pumpkin's Tongue
I wish I had warned someone about Uncle Pumpkin. Maybe I could have stopped him. Maybe I could have saved those poor kids. But until...
Marco Etheridge
- Jul 19
- 6 min
Epistles to the Horsemen
Hail, Lord of the White Horse, From He of the Red Horse. Greetings and good tidings to you, Honoured Comrade. The first two seals are...
Bernardo Villela
- Jul 19
- 5 min
The Godhead
Some people suffer sleepless nights pondering if the Big Bang proves or disproves God. Others have wondered how God said, “Let there be...
Riley Turner
- Jul 19
- 7 min
Points of View
Everything ached. My back throbbed, and each pulse of my heart sent lightning bolts of pain that ricocheted through my contorted spine....
Stephen A. Roddewig
- Jul 19
- 6 min
In Him, We Know Freedom
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. It was a boy with smooth skin and cheeks creased from smiles. A certain sheen glinted...
Reneé Bibby
- May 18
- 11 min
Greetings from Costa Rica
The first photo pings Luka’s phone at 11:27 am, while he’s scrolling through Zillow listings of houses in Sun City that he can afford but...
Emmie Christie
- May 18
- 5 min
Gift of the Fey
Tira plucked the sethel flower off the stem and sucked the starlight from it. It hinted at sweetness, teasing like the moon on this...
Jonathan Mitchell
- May 17
- 11 min
Midnight Show
It is difficult to pinpoint when my insomnia started. I remember fitful sleep, filled with agitated dreams of clanking noises and foul...
Thomas De Moor
- May 17
- 11 min
Inheritance
Ingram slogged through the downpour to watch the execution of the hex. His calloused fingers were wrapped around the tight straps of his...
Steven Kay
- May 17
- 10 min
The Glass Needle
You look thin! Katia jolted up in bed, clutching her mottled blanket. Saucer-eyed, her gaze turned to the open bedroom door, a black...
Nick Young
- May 17
- 6 min
Malédiction
It would not be found on any tourist map, but ask the locals; they could tell you. In the dark heart of St. Martin Parish, east of New...
Daniel Rova
- May 17
- 12 min
The Third Child
Abram knew Kala was pregnant before she did, at least that is what he told himself. He had known with their other children as well. That,...
Zary Fekete
- May 17
- 14 min
Lidérc
The two holy men traveled by day, each of them on their own mule, riding slowly through the grass, until they came to the cabin in the...
Anne Woods
- May 17
- 6 min
Midwinter Cold
It was the cold that dragged Abigail down first. People thought you wore cold like a blanket, wrapped around your shoulders and chilling...
Isabella Frederick
- Mar 16
- 11 min
Anthemusa
Part I: Their ship wasn't meant for oars, but they brought them above deck anyway. They tied the sails down, securing them with ropes to...
Mario Moussa
- Mar 16
- 7 min
Life in the Pigsty
Once there was a farm called Green Shoots, tucked away far from downtown on a scrubby little plot of land. Neighbors swore the soil...
Marble Black
- Mar 15
- 8 min
The Yellow House
We are a speck of dust on the Universe’s shelf. Everyone is dead or dying and if they aren’t, then they’re simply unaware. These are the...
Colette Des Georges
- Mar 15
- 11 min
The Particles of Existence
Danielle extended a long white leg into a long white stocking and watched without interest as servants hooked the delicate lace into...
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