No black hoodie and sunglasses. No lurking shadow. No dark alley. No knife in the back. No middle of the night. No in the closet. …
Everything and Nothing by Phoebe Lyons
I am every mistake that I have ever made. Every dark thought that has ever crossed my mind. I am Starless nights in bed, The …
The Earrings by Kait Burrier
I knew what to say when the kids in school asked, If you were stuck on a desert island with just one thing? I cupped …
Mountain Coast Time by Karen Draper
Driving into the mountains is always remembering what I’d forgotten, the air filling in something that had been deflated, seeing them looming, heavy on all …
Gambled by Daniela Sordillo
I gambled, and I’m still trying to decide Whether I won, or Lost. I lost a decaying cadaver. Let the flies and maggots Thrive on …
Sixteen by Erin Traylor
The morning after, ………….when you hug your mother having found her ………….in the kitchen wiping plates, that’s when she’ll say ………….she knew, but she doesn’t …
Youth Circus by Jessica Chanchalashvili
I lived that life on the other end of your father’s cigarette it was too many years and too many steps along the lines of …
The Last Year My Mom Was Married to the Owner of the Daycare by Amanda Karwel
The wave pool at the waterpark was crowded: one moment I was under the water, and then I wasn’t. I told Miss Cheryl, with all …
Just a Note to My Teenage Angst and Her Unused Black Lipstick by Kayla Wheeler
When you chose Manic Panic Raven, a shade so dark you couldn’t find it at the bottom of your purse after you stole it from …