The following is an excerpt of a novel by Jasmina Kuenzli. He let the steel harden his hands, flow over his fingers like liquid silver. …
You Tried to Break My Heart by Aaron H. Aceves
Your name is Charles Daniel Walker XIII. That’s right, the thirteenth. Your Texas-based, ancestral dynasty can trace that long line of CDWs all the way …
What She Said by Olivia Liu
“What She Said” is a short fiction excerpt from a novel by Olivia Liu. In it the main character, Matilda, after having rejected Linus, the …
You’re Welcome, Universe: Paint Your Own Story
Julia is anything but your typical teenage girl. She is rebellious, edgy, and, on top of it all, she is also deaf. In Whitney Gardner’s …
Trip by A. A. Reinecke
By the age of sixteen I had a will that could’ve sprung only from the conception of a particularly well-traveled child. I wasn’t actually well …
A Reader’s Day by Sydney Tatum
A reader’s day starts with words. They open their eyes in their beds with their first thought being how many pages they can get through …
Call Me Zombie by Jasmina Kuenzli
The following is an excerpt of a novel by Jasmina Kuenzli. He stands there, the dark son, returning from the grave, and all I can …
Breathe by Salem Bidwell
I looked around the room, terrified. Everything was too loud, and the kid next to me was tapping her foot which was driving me crazy. …
Below the Flames by Jessica Zimmerman
This story is one of the January Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. The flames continued, falling like bombs from the …