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Halloween Contest
Submit your spooky and/or fall-themed pieces to our latest contest! We will be choosing one writing winner (poetry/short story/drama) and one art winner (paint/sketch/picture/digital design). Our winners will be ANNOUNCED on HALLOWEEN and will receive a spooky prize, as well as being featured on our website! Submission Deadline 10/29. Submit here
The Birds and the Bees by Michael Van Den Broecke
Some might liken Japanese Kamikaze fighter planes to bees. After all, they both zoom in out of nowhere, probably kill something, and then die themselves. Planes are just a little bigger is all. However, it is actually the Japanese that took the idea from the bees. A life for a life. They [...]
A Midnight Roll by Sammi Sanchez
OUTSIDE ROLLER SKATING RINK WITH NEON LIGHTS IRIS So, we're really doing this, huh? HEAVEN I don’t see what other options we have. IRIS I mean going home isn't completely off the table, Mom and Dad would understand. HEAVEN Are you crazy? I asked if you were sure you were ready to leave. IRIS I [...]
I am Not a Refugee by Sadie J. Testa Secca
I am not a refugee. I am, however, an I.D.P, an internally displaced person, essentially a refugee who has not crossed international boundaries. I now live far from my former Floridian home, currently residing in a three bedroom apartment in New York City. It might sound luxurious but considering the amount of people that live [...]
Check Please by Oz Lao
Sometimes, I forget to stop being a writer once in a while. As a writer, I tend to be an observer. An outsider. Someone who doesn't interact with the world around him. Instead, I take it in, soak it up, bathe in its beauty. Sometimes, I forget to stop being a writer. It's a habit [...]
A Story Without Resolution by Marlee Witner
I love to read novels. I drink lots of water I listen to full albums without pause I eat whole pieces of cake And I read the whole novel in one sitting. I don’t like pieces. Half of an apology. 50 pieces of an 100 piece puzzle The chorus of a song without the verses. [...]