Stories
First & Second Looks
A smell of shut-up apples and soap filled the room. There was nothing.
Six-Word Stories
The Human Comedy: Four new six-word stories by Sherman Alexie.
Six-Word Stories
These six-worders work in a strict three-act structure, like screenplays.
First & Second Looks
She takes her heart out of her chest, lets it surf the dating sites.
Poetry
Pinned to the wall, it looks uncannily its own language, trick of the camera.
Poetry
I can already feel the stone’s resistance as I work the first pass.
Story of the Week
I went for a natural, “I look pretty even when I’m giving birth,” look.
Poem of the Week
I’ve sinned. Cannot be saved. He was a child. Surely he went to heaven.
Readers' Narratives
After a lonely winter, a friend convinced me to try online dating.
Poetry
With no words to speak about our love, we’re each one more alone.
Story of the Week
The dark creatures are still, yet they give life to the whole mountain.
Story of the Week
I have three girls from my previous marriages, but she beats them all.
Story of the Week
Rebecca beheld the sword which was suspended over her people.
Classics
His hands stiffened so that the fingers curled inward like gray claws.
Classics
Lying in wait, set to pounce on the page, are letters up to no good.
Poetry
It’s all that I have left of “the old country,” as my mother calls it.
Fiction
“With me for an uncle you don’t never need to be afraid of him, baby.”
Poem of the Week
When she passes you, her name is a bright blue phrase on your tongue.
Poetry
Below, the kiss silently maneuvers our bodies closer to the rose bed.
Classics
Gurov reflected, “it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make her acquaintance.”
Fiction
“We have heard that this blackened smear is art. We do not see it.”
Poetry
My mother’s city and I were both named after an assassinated king.
Story of the Week
The interrogator was both man and deity, prophet and god.
Story of the Week
We backed up and I kept ripping it at his face, trying to knock his teeth out.
Classics, Story of the Week
These are notes that please the great heart of man.
Story of the Week
The blood had been soaked up in sawdust—“this is hell.”
Story of the Week
Living as the last artist in Manhattan: it’s the ultimate test of commitment.
