Day: April 18, 2024

Issue 10

Photo by Thomas Verbruggen on Unsplash Stories: Trending: The window for our writing contest closed on April 10. Winners will be announced before

But I Wouldn’t Change A Thing

Photo by Tamara Badran on Unsplash by Sally Simon A tuft of cotton candy clung to your lips the night we met. Your

Green Thumb

Photo by Md Shairaf on Unsplash by Sally Simon Ever since Martha killed her asparagus fern, she’s been buying new plants: a trio

Warning

Photo by Edwin Hooper on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere He never thought of jumping off the roof in his Superman cape until his

Lost And Found

Photo by Dorrell Tibbs on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere Stunned by the inheritance, she wondered: new kitchen or new face? She hated this

Clam

Photo by Johnny McClung on Unsplash by Alison Wassell They call her Clam and the name sticks, like a mollusc to a rock.

Muddy Embarrassments 

Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash by Sudha Balagopal The cafe declares they use brown sugar, nothing polished or artificial. I tell the owner

What Must Remain Unseen

Photo by Aditya Romansa on Unsplash by Sudha Balagopal My son’s born without skin over his chest—lungs, heart, exposed. Whispers float about the inside,

If it’s not bitter, it’s not tea

Photo by Mona Mok on Unsplash by Elena Zhang They look like arms, the honeysuckle petals that unfurl in the boiling water, blooming

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