Honorable Mention in Gooseberry Pie’s First Writing Contest April 2024 by Melissa Llanes Brownlee Calla Lilies strewn across my doorstep, their white petals cradling long
Photo by Arthur Edelmans on Unsplash Honorable Mention in Gooseberry Pie’s First Writing Contest April 2024 by Louella Lester He now knows he doesn’t need world cruises, affairs
Photo by Tamara Badran on Unsplash by Sally Simon A tuft of cotton candy clung to your lips the night we met. Your friends laughed when I stumbled
Photo by Md Shairaf on Unsplash by Sally Simon Ever since Martha killed her asparagus fern, she’s been buying new plants: a trio of succulents sit above the
Photo by Edwin Hooper on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere He never thought of jumping off the roof in his Superman cape until his mother warned him not to.
Photo by Dorrell Tibbs on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere Stunned by the inheritance, she wondered: new kitchen or new face? She hated this dark kitchen, its stained linoleum
Photo by Johnny McClung on Unsplash by Alison Wassell They call her Clam and the name sticks, like a mollusc to a rock. Seldom speaking, seldom smiling, Clam
Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash by Sudha Balagopal The cafe declares they use brown sugar, nothing polished or artificial. I tell the owner their tea tastes like it’s
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, outside. As his lungs balloon
Photo by Mona Mok on Unsplash by Elena Zhang They look like arms, the honeysuckle petals that unfurl in the boiling water, blooming again briefly to embrace emptiness
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