This story is one of the October Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. “You shouldn’t have come here,” his voice said. …
October Writing Challenge: Honorable Mentions — Allison Bell, Liv, and Yzabelle
These entries from October’s challenge were selected as Honorable Mentions. Those who completed this challenge are now encouraged to share their stories in the comments …
Floating by Ashira Shirali
It was raining the first time I left my body. Mom left the house to be one with the storm. Her shirt was still stained …
The Children of Ferocious Dreams by Shona Christie
These children think they are broken. They live inside a mossy garden inhabited by flowers that shape shift into people and gemstone mirrors reflecting only …
Never Too Easy by Nandini Gupta
Eyes met, Hearts connected. Forever was promised, And storms were wielded. But there were some storms, Enormous as the sky, limitless! But stubborn was their …
My Hair by Elizabeth Gibson
I have so long wanted it short, a floaty dark halo à la Juliette Binoche. Every year I declare, it will go, I will take …
Borderlands: Wandering the USA/Mexico Border
When I first saw a dark brown line spread across the horizon, I thought that it couldn’t be real. I thought my eyes were playing …
To All the Ones I’ve Loved Before by Krista Simpson
Letting go is a little like The feeling of the car stopping With a goodbye in the air. We were cruising with our windows down Belting …
This Ghost by Rachel Waring
Sometimes my anxiety feels like a separate being Like a ghost that lives inside my body Like an inky black horror movie level chunk of …