Davis Sheremata
In: Novel Excerpt 2 reviews
A mysterious, evolving artificial intelligence analyzes a hacked recording of a human mind in an attempt to penetrate the secrets of consciousness and freedom.
mikendabox
In: Short Story 1 reviews
A teenager obsessed with becoming enlightened, becomes disillusioned.
petefern
In: Short Story 0 reviews
Two bandmates get into a pornosophical kerfuffle at a bagel shop during a post-show breakfast while on tour. Warning: intermixed sex and violence.
Ganzfeld Benthos
In: Short Story 3 reviews
An unnamed narrator's recounting of one of many forthcoming post-apocalyptic experiences. In this tale he meets Kline who traps rats to sell as food, and Dumb Inette who meets a gruesome end.
Elizabeth Real
In: Novel Excerpt 3 reviews
Chapter 3 of my COVID-era novel... the pandemic is becoming clear
drewcpurcell
In: Short Story 5 reviews
When a now-elderly participant in a notorious killing spree is unexpectedly granted parole fifty years after the crime, she goes on the road to tie up loose ends.
Wm Foreman
In: Short Story 4 reviews
A boy survives a moment in history and learns who his real friends are.
R.L.Maskill
In: Essay 3 reviews
The author recalls a memory he has of his mother crafting a tribute work of art for an artist's memorial.
Elizabeth Real
In: Novel Excerpt 2 reviews
This is Chapter 2 in a COVID-era novel where a webbed collection of New Yorkers face the consequences of their life choices under the tensions of 2020.
Jonathan Chatfield
In: Short Story 8 reviews
A short story, 'Day in the life' piece. Life, love and loss.
Elizabeth Real
In: Novel Excerpt 7 reviews
First chapter in an idea I have for a character-driven COVID slice of life novel.
jeremiah76
In: Short Story 3 reviews
A 17-year-old girl runs away to the dunes in hopes of finding her true nature.
jeremiah76
In: Short Story 3 reviews
A former school teacher and her daughter are pulled into the underbelly of a magazine subscription scam.
AlexTruly
In: Short Story 8 reviews
A young man is stuck on a roof during a roofing gig and witnesses something awful.
Pablo DStair
In: Short Story 3 reviews
A man sits in traffic while his house burns down.
Vicktorious
In: Short Story 6 reviews
Ava is happily married and excited to start a family. That is until starts to realise that she might be more in love with the idea of marriage, than with her husband.
onavenusloon
In: Flash Fiction 6 reviews
It's a story about gratitude for being helped when help was needed. It switches narrators and moves through time (it is NOT a time travel story).
Dani Ringrose
In: Short Story 6 reviews
An Australian Gothic story of a woman who attempts to leave her monster of a husband in the middle of the night, and is subsumed by his power and eventually goes back to him.
Kedzie
In: Short Story 6 reviews
Two young men face off in a doorway.
S Brophy
In: Short Story 5 reviews
Set in Ireland, a young man with a dissociative mental health disorder gets desperate in his efforts to keep his family together.
booklover123
In: Poem 4 reviews
A great painter can't replicate the beauty and tranquility of Grand Tetons by his painting. The painter's fame contrasts with his inability to paint the scene. He admits defeat and admires nature.
booklover123
In: Poem 4 reviews
I wish to be buried in the Grand Canyon when I die, because I would be surrounded by the beautiful scenery and endless visitors
clicre1
In: Short Story 5 reviews
Grappling with sexual identity in rural North Carolina.
Mustang Patty
In: Flash Fiction 5 reviews
On a cold Sunday morning, a man makes a tough situation. And he calls the person who will care the most.
Mustang Patty
In: Short Story 6 reviews
Today is Ellen's eighty-eighth birthday. But the phone hasn't rung all morning. She wonders why. This is a tale of love, selfishness, and loss.