Stories
N30B Winners
That’s what I want, to feel terrified, excited, and free, all at once.
Winter Contest Winners
I knew my father started the fire. It’s not the first place he’s burned down.
Fiction
It was like a scene in a movie; it didn’t seem real. The man kicked her.
Spring Contest Winners
Sonja slapped her sister. How could she shed tears for the past?
Story of the Week
Betsy recoiled, understanding instinctively what was to come.
Story of the Week
People only see that side of him. He is still a boy, learning to be a man.
Story of the Week
I stood there, wishing the ground would open up and swallow me.
Story of the Week
Saint Clark, halo and all, patron of wildlife shows and the cigarette tax.
Classics
I put out my lips, and we kissed through the newly painted fence.
Story of the Week
Pigeons are born knowing where they belong, with whom they belong.
Story of the Week
It whispered a promise of great wealth, and I was listening.
Story of the Week
“Come here, my good child; sing me Pergolese’s Salve Regina.
Story of the Week
The school’s committed to an all-sterile facility by the year 2025.
Story of the Week
Their marriage had dwindled to a separation and a running joke.
Story of the Week
“Clean up this mess!” I tell the woman. “How can you live like this?”
Spring Contest Winners
Husk was sturdy. He just breathed like it. Not like me. My lungs rattle.
Winter Contest Winners
There is a pure fear, in waking somewhere you have not lain down.
She runs until her blisters bleed. Then, she runs some more.
Story of the Week
It was just what it was. Sex with someone who was not her husband.
Story of the Week
Let the public do itself the honor to read and follow in my footsteps.
Story of the Week
She wondered if tomorrow would fill her with so strange a stirring.
Fiction
If I had been blessed that afternoon, why did I lose my tongue?
Story of the Week
The boys in front witness the miracle first as, shazam, girls appear.
Story of the Week
Did you hear about the candidate who grabbed Hugh’s dick?
Story of the Week
“If a man wanted, he could be anything and not come back.”
Fiction
I seek these ghosts because they allow me to return home outside of time.
