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June 9, 2026 | Fiction

Antoine Doinel Was Talking to Nobody

Joey DeFilippis

I couldn’t help but wonder if I was just feeling bad for myself. She was alive. We’re all so strange. It really breaks my heart sometimes. Marisol wanted a young man’s cock. I wanted to give her rose petals. Oh, how full of shit I was.

 

June 9, 2026 | Fiction

Antoine Doinel Was Talking to Nobody

Joey DeFilippis

I couldn’t help but wonder if I was just feeling bad for myself. She was alive. We’re all so strange. It really breaks my heart sometimes. Marisol wanted a young man’s cock. I wanted to give her rose petals. Oh, how full of shit I was.

 

June 8, 2026 | Fiction

Gambling Hell in No Time

Brent L. Smith

The following is an excerpt from Smith’s forthcoming acid western novel.

Clem is a worldly fella, but he’s not much for talking so I get fragments here and there. Got to the West from Russia the

June 8, 2026 | Fiction

Gambling Hell in No Time

Brent L. Smith

The following is an excerpt from Smith’s forthcoming acid western novel.

Clem is a worldly fella, but he’s not much for talking so I get fragments here and there. Got to the West from Russia the

June 7, 2026 | Fiction

CASH COWS

Irene Pikalova

J’s task was to ensure each of 3 men that they had a connection with a girl.

June 7, 2026 | Fiction

CASH COWS

Irene Pikalova

J’s task was to ensure each of 3 men that they had a connection with a girl.

June 5, 2026 | Fiction

Sparks

Maxfield Francis Goldman

She wanted to go under beautifully, before decomposition

June 5, 2026 | Fiction

Sparks

Maxfield Francis Goldman

She wanted to go under beautifully, before decomposition

June 4, 2026 | Fiction

Penthouse

Ben Wood

Forgive yourself, as there is no other option but to forgive yourself.

June 4, 2026 | Fiction

Penthouse

Ben Wood

Forgive yourself, as there is no other option but to forgive yourself.

June 3, 2026 | Fiction

Mythic Bitch

Aarti Adv

I’d love to keep her locked away in legends, but she walks and grows among us.

June 3, 2026 | Fiction

Mythic Bitch

Aarti Adv

I’d love to keep her locked away in legends, but she walks and grows among us.

June 2, 2026 | Fiction

Apartment 2F

Carrigan Miller

I dreamt of the mystery woman, still faceless, and I woke up haunted.

June 2, 2026 | Fiction

Apartment 2F

Carrigan Miller

I dreamt of the mystery woman, still faceless, and I woke up haunted.

June 1, 2026 | Fiction

If You Lived Here You'd be Home Now

R. Hightower

She bites at a knuckle hoping to draw her private, savage joy. What’s it taste like? You don’t want to know. You can’t imagine how hard it is to stop after.

June 1, 2026 | Fiction

If You Lived Here You'd be Home Now

R. Hightower

She bites at a knuckle hoping to draw her private, savage joy. What’s it taste like? You don’t want to know. You can’t imagine how hard it is to stop after.

May 28, 2026 | Fiction

Dad Micronation

Maximiliano Guzmán

His unbuttoned shirt, his summer breakfast. The gesture of his mouth was the opening of unsaid words.

May 28, 2026 | Fiction

Dad Micronation

Maximiliano Guzmán

His unbuttoned shirt, his summer breakfast. The gesture of his mouth was the opening of unsaid words.

May 25, 2026 | Fiction

Entombed 

James Callan

I was on my morning jog when I saw what I believed to be a young man asleep or dead in the sand.

May 25, 2026 | Fiction

Entombed 

James Callan

I was on my morning jog when I saw what I believed to be a young man asleep or dead in the sand.

May 22, 2026 | Fiction

For Practice

Hannah Meyer

Avery was the worst kind of people pleaser. A failed one who didn’t know how to make other people happy but attempted only to her own demise. When Sienna asked Avery if she wanted to steal, the yes

May 22, 2026 | Fiction

For Practice

Hannah Meyer

Avery was the worst kind of people pleaser. A failed one who didn’t know how to make other people happy but attempted only to her own demise. When Sienna asked Avery if she wanted to steal, the yes

May 20, 2026 | Fiction

This Place, for Magic

Eric Boyd

It is warm in the theatre. The chair is comfortable. The trailers ended and most of the films looked good. A Coca Cola ad begins playing, which is the second to last thing they show before the movie.

May 20, 2026 | Fiction

This Place, for Magic

Eric Boyd

It is warm in the theatre. The chair is comfortable. The trailers ended and most of the films looked good. A Coca Cola ad begins playing, which is the second to last thing they show before the movie.

May 14, 2026 | Fiction

Salt

Elliot Greiner

I wanted him to understand my fascination with small creatures.

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub