The boil in her palm throbbed again before she could finish her lullaby. She kissed it gently but it cried.
Charity Temple lives in the Philippines and got exposed to Anne Rice a little too early.
The Mormon belief that spirit babies choose their families cannot be correct because I would have chosen a family with better furniture.
Erin Britton has all of her teeth and most of her marbles.
Her mum’s last, whispered words were ‘Save yourself for the right man.’ It was a comfort, later, to think she’d died not knowing the truth.
Simon Kewin likes cake. And chocolate. And chocolate cake.
The message came back through time. The end did come, but we didn’t do it to ourselves. That was important. We didn’t do it to ourselves.
Sean Vivier is a teacher and writer from central Connecticut.
Worse than feeling her brittle ribs crack as he did CPR was how unfamiliar it felt to be touching his wife’s skin after all these years.
Mike Donoghue mostly lives in his head, but resides in Vancouver.
Ana tried forcing the lock again; the pin cracked and snapped. Wracked with cold, she curled up inside the trunk and awaited the inevitable.
JC Chute edits, except when she writes.
Just close your eyes, he said. She closed her eyes, and when he closed his, she opened hers again.
Tina Hyland loves you. She loves you very much.
He terminates the affair with ease, looking her in the eyes as he tells her that, like love, all good things must come to an end.
Jenna Al-Malawi has too many words and not enough to do with them. She would rather be in Chicago if that’s alright with you.
Mom had a jigsaw puzzle made from a happy family photo. But the kids said they didn’t have enough time to put all the pieces back together.
Ronnie Sirmans writes even shorter stories: headlines.
He made a gun with his fingers and put it to the dog’s head. When Mother came in she saw him laughing, and rejoiced.
Tim Terhaar sometimes performs for animals who fail to interpret his gestures.