Dear reader, the ultimate goal of this pages-long whimsical jest is to explore what literature is, and to argue that the…
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The Gear
The Gear Gears are made with one purpose in mind, to potentially be used. Each hopes to be paired with another to…
Benchwarmers
Benchwarmers By Gray Beall The helmet is hot. It’s too tight. Those two sentences repeat in Mark’s head li…
Summer Carnival – A Short Story
Trigger warning This story contains topics that might be triggering to some readers as it mentions behaviors associated …
The Recluse and The Fugitive
He does not know which year it is, so it would be farcical to assume he knows what day of the week it is, but what he do…
Connecting Threads: Review of “Let the Great World Spin”
In the book “Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann, the author juggles between the themes of light and dark. The aut…
The Little Fire Girl
Once upon a time, deep into the woods, nestled in the heart of the land, was a tree. He sat crouching on the grass, mist…
Next Victim – A Short Story
I covered her mouth with my hand, using the other hand to quiet her with a finger to my lips. “You mustn’t make a sound!…
The Market – A Short Story
Dawn was approaching, and the streets thundered with rage now that it awoke. A great serpent of smoke snaked its way int…
Looming Darkness – Short Story
Swollen gray clouds cover the sky, while droplets of water start slow and light with their speed growing rapidly as the …