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Fiction
See allTired Wounds
A grieving child is locked in with his great fear It was frail. Old too. It had hair like twigs rotting in winter’s wrath. Easy…
In Alia Vita
The narrator finds himself in an unfamiliar life I awoke on a dusty attic floor, old boxes surrounding me. The attic was otherwise barren, triangular…
The Heart of the Hunt
Fid must prove to her clan that she’s focused enough to be a hunter I sniffed the air. The fresh stench of prey filled my…
Memoir
See allMe and 349 Other Girls
The narrator pushes through self-doubt at the cross-country Junior Olympics I am standing on an open field with Anna, Bea, and Eva, and I am…
A New Home
Mark says goodbye to his familiar old apartment and neighborhood I woke with a start to the sight of empty, cavernous blue walls that had…
Rats!
Siddharth discovers a surprising solution to his family’s rat problem The damp, musty smell filled my nostrils as I carefully switched on the light. Armed…
Poetry
See allMy Darling
Held close to my chest is my darling With eyes of robin eggs and limbs of soil Smelling of pine and tiny daisies When I…
The Quilt
The quilt is sewn in intricate patterns and designs with flowers and prickly pine trees The quilt is hard on the outside but soft inside…
How Could You?
How could you leave it behind in the dust and you say it to be your fate How could you leave it to wilt there…
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