Category: Contemporary

Them By Meg Pokrass

Posted on January 18, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

You would hate it if you knew how many times I apply lipstick now that you’re gone. I’m putting it on, like, every five minutes to get through the next fifteen, though I know they use fish scales to make it

Miracle Stain Remover

Posted on January 14, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Long-suffering Gwendolyn O’Malley felt mid-sentence, the tiredness that comes with uttering pointless words.

The Closet by Doug Dawson

Posted on January 10, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

He listened to the sound of rain on the roof. It sounded to him like crackling, and he imagined a raging fire above his head. He couldn’t catch fire himself because he was soaked in perspiration. He’d run until he was out of breath and ended up where he thought they wouldn’t be looking for him

Ant Death by Lorna Wood

Posted on October 26, 2020December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Useful. Keeping busy. Reading the trails, bringing home food.

Warm day, scurrying along, pavement warm, sun bright, right overhead.

“Hey guys, watch this.”

“God, he looks so big through that thing.”

The Feral Nature of Werewolves, A History

Posted on October 22, 2020December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Werewolves never existed. Humans created them from lore used to explain their loss of livestock at night. Humans rejected the notation that mere feral wolves could so quietly and so effectively take down and devour whole cattle in the dead of night without being detected

My darkest fear! by Wendy Montoya

Posted on October 16, 2020December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

I sat up gasping for air; my throat felt tight again. I glanced at the clock; although I already knew It was 3:30 am. The same time I have been waking up for the past week!

BLACK HOLE by Alex Khansa

Posted on May 23, 2019May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

I pick up today’s paper. There’s a ring of light—bright and blurry—against a black backdrop. Headlines call it the first ever photo of a black hole.

Girl with Pearls in Her Eyes by Fanni Sütő

Posted on May 15, 2019December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

here are ghosts on the Underground.You don’t notice them because they look just like you, or a ticket inspector. They clutch their lost life as

A Narrow Bridge by Avital Gad-Cykman

Posted on May 5, 2019December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

A Narrow Bridge by Avital Gad-Cykman I’ve sang this ancient song in moments my mouth started singing on its own,

The Cold Sausages in my Neighbourhood by Owain Evans

Posted on May 4, 2019December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

I stood in the paddling pool. It was the first week of the summer holidays and mum was throwing the party she told dad she wouldn?t. My mum was everywhere, handing out drinks, but my dad was in a gap in the curtains, watching.