2018 Halloween Submission Period
It's that time of year again and we are now accepting horror submissions up to the week of Halloween. We accept flash fiction, short stories, and horror poems.
100 Word Stories: The Noise Makers
Music can change the way we feel in ways no other art form can.
Skeletons
We all have secrets. But some secrets are worse than others. Some secrets can send our whole world crashing down around us.
100 Word Stories: A Future Made On New Land
Some of the most memorable trips are the ones we are forced to take alone.
100 Word Stories: Songs Of Yesterday
Some memories fade over time like the music from an old radio.
Freewill Or Bust
Do we have freewill, or is everything we do determined by a culmination of past choices?
100 Word Stories: The Passing Of Time And Honor
The theme of this 100 word story is Suppuku. which is the ritual suicide performed by samurais to preserve their honor.
Short Story Classics: The Vertical Fields, By Fielding Dawson
Fielding Dawson was an American author of short stories and novels, a painter and collagist, and a student at Black Mountain College.
The Change: A New Beginning
In the future a "change" has taken place and the evolution of mankind is taking a new, uncharted step towards the unknown.
The City
The city has the power to beat you down, to hurt you, to destroy you. After a while, you no longer have the ability to tell wrong from right. And that's when it devours you.
The Temple Fish
A quick lesson on peace at a beautiful mountain temple.
To The Summit Of Glory
Sometimes the journey is worth the danger. Even if that means dying on a frozen mountain.
The Strength Of Leather
How long can we be brave in the face of unending anguish?
A Dollar Store Romance
Sometimes the most perfect romances start from the most imperfect beginnings.
150 Word Stories: The Robbery
Want to have some creative fun? Pick a specific number of words and write a story using those exact numbers. Here's what we came up with for 150 words.
Short Story Classics: Love Suicides, By Yasunari Kawabata
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (掌の小説 tenohira / tanagokoro no shōsetsu) is the name Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata gave to more than 140 short stories he wrote over his long career, though he reputedly preferred the reading tanagokoro for the 掌 character. The earliest story was published in 1920 with the last appearing posthumously in 1972. The stories are characterized by their brevity – some are less than a page long – and by their dramatic concision.
