By: Monet Polny The plant had been there before I was born. None of my family had an established account there. Everyone in our small suburbs talked about the place of course. It was a relic of the deceased and disgraced patriarchy that had once been our state. The fees to get in were naturally enormous….Continue Reading Heart Break Surgery
By: Phineas Penzo int. police station – day A pile of folders filled with documents sits on a desk. A layer of dust covers the top folder. Each folder is dated on its tab. The dates go back a few years. The office is messy with boxes, and the desk is cluttered. One folder sits…Continue Reading Confess
By: Miles R. De Rosa Jonah and Layla were washing dishes in strained silence. Maddy had finally been put down to sleep a little under an hour ago. The two were exhausted from watching Nemo for the fifth consecutive night. Jonah lazily scrubbed off leftovers from the night’s dinner, leaving Layla to then rescrubbed, rinse,…Continue Reading Marriage – It’s All A Grand Illusion (You’ll Probably Be Divorced)
By: Miles R. De Rosa Sunday, May 29, 10:00 AM “Do you believe in God?” the priest asks through the partition. Apollo sits there in the box, sweating profusely. He rubs his clammy hands together and thinks to himself. There is a nervousness in the way he moves, scuttling around, shuffling in the confessional. Despite the…Continue Reading In The Light
By: Sydney Vincent I’ve traveled these roads countless times. I’ve seen a million faces, kissed thousands of lips, stayed the night with hundreds of strangers. On the east coast, many people spurn my ways. The west coast embraces it. I’ve never been fond of the middle. The ocean draws me in too heavily. I’ve often enjoyed…Continue Reading Dedicated to Carter Diggs
By: Grace Crouthamel Once there was a rich man who lived happily with his wife for a long time, they had one little girl. The wife became ill, deathly ill, and called upon her daughter and said, “Dear I must leave you now.” And she did, as one did in these hard times. Soon the little girl’s…Continue Reading Aschenputtel: A Cinderella Retelling
By: Sydney Vincent It was in the city of New York that there lived a rich family named the Frumps, who lived atop of their large apartment building in the most grandiose suites known to man, overlooking the lights and streets below. The father, Donald Frump, was a successful entrepreneur with the most luscious golden locks and smooth…Continue Reading Baron Frump