literary fiction
Please Respect Our Decision
He got the text this afternoon. Now it's last call, and he needs to say it out loud to someone.
Branches
Heartbroken and desperate, Mara discovers two ways to rewrite her past: one scientific, one magical, both dangerous.
The Griefing
After her neighbor dies, Rachel becomes obsessed with the ruined house across the street. And the man waiting inside it.
Kids Eat Free
A tiny pet funeral becomes a strange, funny journey through grief and motherhood.
Rain Check
Ninety-two days sober, Marge walks into a storm to find out what’s left of her.
What We Were Good At
They were perfect for each other until they decided to be together.
The Day Hikaru Died
When a caregiving robot learns to feel, love becomes the one system she cannot control.
Cetera #2 – The Body Keeps the Score
A digital issue gets built in a strange way. First it exists as a submission call. Then it becomes a flood of attachments, cover letters, half-remembered lines, notes in the margins, long email threads about sequencing, and the gradual realization that certain poems have started following you around. They
The Closure of St. Jerome's Home for Foundlings
Blind and overlooked, Lucy Victoria learns to read the world around her. And waits to find out if anyone will choose to read her back.
Texts After 3
Two insomniacs grow closer one 3am text at a time, while the wrong relationship slowly makes the right one impossible to ignore.
The Stranger in Apartment 3A, First Floor
A dead girl haunts her old apartment’s new tenant, only to discover grief can trap the living and the dead alike.
Notch: The Lost Years
She spent thirty years learning to trust the part of herself she couldn’t explain to anyone.
Memory With a View
A man returns to his mother’s apartment to sell it. In a locked drawer, he finds what he could never say out loud.