Fiction – Page 2 – Broken Pencil

Anastasia Jill

Illustration by Cindy Rose // The night I decided to leave my home, I hacked my hair off with […]

Matt Peake

“I’m going to have to ask you to open the trunk, son.” “The trunk?” “Pop the trunk and stay seated, […]

Heather Nolan

You were kissing me when I fell down the stairs. All I got was a bruise; you were the […]

J.R. McConvey

No one could remember afterward whose idea it had been to start a fire. We were at the cottage; having […]

Alison Taylor

ILLUSTRATION: JEGA DELISCA People yelled at him a lot. He knew that was putting it simply, but sometimes that helped, […]

Divya Mehrish

India’s home was sinking. It was as if the walls were made of marshmallow paste that had been sturdy in […]

A. D. Metcalfe

// Illustration by Corina Wong The words coming out of my mouth don’t remotely match […]

Craig Calhoun

The glittering towns that spring up overnight in the desert are no longer images of the City of God…They are […]

Chris Gilmore

Dine ‘n’ Dash “Does it feel wrong,” he said, “or does it feel dangerous? Cuz those are two different things.” […]

Zainab Coovadia

Pandora’s Jar I have a clay jar in my room filled with evil spirits, the kind who whisper doubts […]

Nadia Ragbar

Dougie Reuben was practicing his left hook. It was twelve o’clock and sweltering. They had eight hours before the fight. […]

Mitchell Grabois

Autobiographical Sketch I live in a world of imaginary paintings. They have taken the place of my imaginary friends. My […]