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  • Q? You must be kidding!

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  • Max Rauhman is a sober, gluten free vegetarian who lives in one of the food and booze capitals of America: New Orleans. He's a tree planting, bicycle commuting environmentalist who hopes that we get to keep hangin' out down here for a while. He and his wife can be found walking their small pack of shepskies by the river.

  • Allow Me To Introduce Myself by Max Rauhman. Small deception, big consequences. ©2024

  • A Radio Song. By John D Robinson a man on the edge ©2016

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  • Gena Davis by G David Schwartz. He's in love..

  • I am Marilyn not Kitty by Jane Seaford. A troubled child. ©2020

  • The Atheist and God by Jane Seaford. Believe it. ©2018

  • Happy Birthday by Jane Seaford. An uncomfortable anniversary. ©2017

  • Living in the Dark A family in trouble. By Jane Seaford. ©2016

  • Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University's MFA program in fiction. His stories, "Soon," "How To Be A Good Episcopalian," and "Tales From A Communion Line," were nominated for Pushcarts. Yash’s work has been published in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Write City Magazine, and Ariel Chart, among others.

  • A Party by Yash Seyedbagheri, who is feeling left out. ©2021

  • Pictures At An Exhibition by Yash Seyedbagheri. A deception. ©2020

  • The Wishing Well by Jorge Shaft. Part one of an other-worldly series. ©2021

  • Driving on The Sausage Run. By Tom Sheehan. A bus driver's tale.

  • Fiona Sinclair lives in a village in the UK. She is a poet with several collections published by small presses. Fiona has just begun writing short stories especially about subjects that cannot be covered by poetry.

  • Exorcising Mother by Fiona Sinclair. A chilling presence. ©2025

  • Leap of Faith by Louis Sisto. One leap too far. ©2022

  • A Sober Mourning by Louis Sisto. What am I doing here? ©2016

  • Across The Road by Louis Sisto. The final destination. ©2016

  • Steve Slavin is a recovering economics professor who earns a living writing math and economics books. Five volumes of his short stories have been published over the last six years, but he expects that the pace will slow.

  • The Big D. by Steve Slavin. Murray D, overweight and hopeless? ©2021

  • The Runner by Steve Slavin. Remembered for his speed. ©2017

  • Mother Knows Best by Steve Slavin a good judge? ©2015

  • Michael Smith. In the past year, Michael Smith’s fiction has appeared in Fabula Argentea, Witcraft, Literally Stories, Microromance, Heimat Review, The Hooghly Review, Little Old Lady Comedy and many other online literary journals. To date, he has self-published a historical fantasy called ‘Dinner Time’, two volumes in the ‘Gruseltal’ series, and three collections of short stories, ‘Fonts’, ‘Songs’, and ‘L < M’, all available from online bookstores. Author website: https://frucht-schleifen.weebly.com/

  • Unseen by Michael Smith. Idiomatic. ©2026

  • Caught In The Net by Michael Smith. Unsettling messages. ©2026

  • Immobile by Michael Smith. I'll call you when it'll be most annoying. ©2026

  • The Wizard by Michael Smith. A different career. ©2026

  • Access denied by Michael Smith. Santa's on his way.. I think. ©2025

  • Love Is Blind by Michael Smith. Watch out there's a Cupid about. ©2025

  • The Stupidest Question in the World by Michael Smith. I ask you. ©2025

  • Chess Peace by Michael Smith. The player, played. ©2025

  • The Art Gallery by Michael Smith. Tastes vary.©2025

  • 1-2-3 by Michael Smith. The drum riser is a great vantage point. ©2025

  • Becalmed by Michael Smith. Where am I and what's happened? ©2025

  • Hell by Michael Smith. Who likes a team-building session? No?... ©2025

  • The Christmas List by Michael Smith. Computer says No! ©2024

  • Iowan Old Style by Michael Smith. It's a twister! ©2024

  • Kaffee und Kuchen by Michael Smith. What could be nicer? ©2024

  • The Conference by Michael Smith. There must be something interesting.. ©2024

  • Doppelgänger by Michael Smith. A close resemblance. ©2024

  • Medicine Show A spectacular entrance by Michael Smith. ©2024

  • Imagine by Robert Steward. All together now! ©2018

  • Eric Suhem can be found in the orange hallway (www.orangehallway.com)

  • ReinCARnation by Eric Suhem. Cursed conveyance. ©2026

  • Tara's Desert by Eric Suhem. Connectivity and synergy.. ©2025

  • The Apartment Superintendent by Eric Suhem. 23 Sunshine Ave sounds nice.. ©2022

  • Time for Evelyn by Eric Suhem. A time and a place. ©2021

  • The Accountant by Eric Suhem. He has an infallible plan. ©2021

  • The Art Curator by Eric Suhem. Cut it art.. ©2019

  • The Cashier by Eric Suhem . Final reckoning. ©2019

  • The Toll Booth Cashier by Eric Suhem. A friend in need. ©2018

  • Lemonade by Eric Suhem. Fizzy business. ©2017

  • The Village of Belonging by Eric Suhem. It's better than the others. ©2017

  • The Ornithologist by Eric Suhem. You can have too many birds. ©2017

  • Amelia by Eric Suhem. She's mystical but beware! ©2015

  • Pools by Eric Suhem. Trouble in the swimming pool.

  • Egg by Eric Suhem. Something's hatching.

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  • Nets The S'ize Of Souls. By THETEXTBEAK. It's not about fishing.

  • The Seven of The Northern Sea. By THETEXTBEAK. Vanero's been to the museum.

  • Sunita Thind has always been passionate about her writing and now has the time to concentrate on it fully. She has dabbled in many things including being a model, primary and secondary school teacher and trained as a make up artist. Make up, writing and animals are her passion.She loves to sing and take singing lessons and have a beautiful, male Samoyed puppy named Ghost.

  • The Island of Death Behind ‘Pulau Blakang’ (Malay) by Sunita Thind ©2019

  • Rachel Turney, Ed.D. (she/her) is the Writer in Residence (2026) at NKollectiv in Englewood, Colorado and runs the Trident Women’s Writing Group in Boulder. She is a poetry mentor with the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Rachel is passionate about immigrant rights, teacher support, and empowering other artists. She is a Writers’ Hour prize winner and has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best Microfiction. Rachel is the founder of the popular online reading series Poetry (in Brief) and EIC of PiB (the Magazine). She is on staff at Bare Back Magazine with her monthly column Friday Night in the Suburbs. She reads for The Los Angeles Review. Her debut poetry collection, Record Player Life (the b-side), is available with The Poetry Lighthouse. Her second poetry book, Retired Wannabe Club Kid, is out now with Parlyaree Press. Website: turneytalks.com Instagram: @turneytalks Bluesky: rachelturney

  • The Lake Remains by Antonia Wilde. A book review by Rachel Turney. 2026

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  • Not a single one.

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  • In the Land of Milk and Venom A Page94 by Jerry Vilhotti. Stand well back. 2017

  • No Ears Flash fiction from Jerry Vilhotti. 2016

  • Water to Water by Jerry Vilhotti War damaged.

  • Por Favor by Jerry Vilhotti. Johnny takes a train journey.

  • Finding Hero by Jerry Vilhotti. A tiring day.

  • Even Stones Cry by Jerry Vilhotti. The chemicals are affecting their brains.

  • Growing Saints. By Jerry Vilhotti. Johnny goes to a new school.

  • The Missing Fish. By Jerry Vilhotti. A meal of seven fishes, but how many were there? And why?

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  • Joyce Walker is a retired administrator who has had poetry and stories published in a number of magazines. She won 1st prize in the Writers Brew story competition in 2002 and was runner up in the Erewash Writers Burst Flash fiction competition in 2013. Her most recent win was 1st prize in the Writers Forum Poetry competition, published December 2021. She loves the First World War Poets.

  • The Babysitter by Joyce Walker. Unexpected events. ©2026

  • The Inheritance by Joyce Walker. How much?! ©2025

  • Nobody In at The Nobody Inn? Joyce Walker has been there. ©2024

  • Lovely Linda by Joyce Walker. Revenge is sweet. ©2020

  • Moving House Improves Your Vocabulary by Joyce Walker. New to the 'mop. ©2018

  • Hellfire and Team Management. By Jon Ware. It's one of those excruciatingly boring seminars, there's no way out... or is there?

  • Painting The President by Tony Warner. How different it can be! ©2025

  • The Buffalo Nickel. By Clifford K.Watkins, jnr. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

  • Jon's Quick Obsession. By Clifford K. Watkins, Jr. R Jon succumbs.

  • Railroad Avenue. By Clifford K. Watkins, Jr. It seems some lives are cursed..

  • Aunt Gail's Christmas Surprise. By Clifford K. Watkins, Jr. A tale from Mock Holler.

  • Diane Webster's work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, New English Review, Studio One and other literary magazines. She had micro-chaps published by Origami Poetry Press in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Diane has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart. She was a featured writer in Macrame Literary Journal and WestWard Quarterly. Her website is: www.dianewebster.com

  • An Emergency? and Lady Pink by Diane Webster. Two short ones. ©2026

  • The Book. By Weevil. Eric awakes to a mystery.

  • Orientation by John Wesley. Get God down here, quick!

  • Jill Williams recently returned to the literary world after a long hiatus following college. Her work can be seen in “Suddenly and Without Warning.” and “Best of the Georgia Mountains.”

  • My Invisible Ex-Boyfriend by Jill Williams. The truth is out. ©2025

  • Gregg Williard is a former ESL instructor with refugees and does a late-night book reading hour on WORT radio. His illustrated fiction and essays have appeared in Conjunctions, Diagram, The Iowa Review, New England Review, Your Impossible Voice, Always Crashing and elsewhere. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin and is at work on an illustrated novel.

  • I Was a Swim Pal in Abruzzo! by Gregg Williard. Don't go! ©2025

  • The Tax Lady invades the IRS by Dawn Wilson. Enough is enough.

  • Smart Arse by Zack Wilson. Let's not go to work today, we'll spend a nice day in the pub.

  • Black Nick by Zack Wilson. A fragile character.

  • Tiny Tim by Zack Wilson. One of those "discussions" in the pub.

  • Vulnerable, Breakable by Zack Wilson. Who is that strangely-attractive young woman?

  • Parcel of Rogues, by Zack Wilson. R The atmosphere in the pub changes dramatically when an odd couple arrive.

  • Mayhem, by Zack Wilson. A friend in need is a pain in the neck.

  • Typical. By Zack Wilson. The "Great British public" are getting more racist... typical!

  • Santa's Dilemma by The Winamop Elves. Run run Rudolph! 2022

  • The Pirates. By Miss Winamop. Good manners have their own reward!

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Gun Upon the Piano: Satie & Cocteau

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Because We are all Like ThatMozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Delphine, the attraction is almost irresistible.

  • Wayne HW Wolfson The Song Thing, the city awakes, but what's that sound?

  • Wayne HW Wolfson West Coast Cool, an improvisation for solo alto.

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Water Song. Should we dance?

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Left Bank Valentine. Recollections of a golden time in Paris.

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Dahlia's Dream. You know the feeling.. don't step on the cracks... don't walk under the ladder... don't listen to Dahlia's Dream...

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Blue Notes.R A woman with an unusual secret.

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Blue Tears. Moody blue....

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Dialect. Writer's block?

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Drugs And Symphony. Death by Music.

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Every Pretty Word. Images, moods of melancholy.

  • Wayne HW Wolfson Sway. Sentimental values.

  • 1-800 FUNK. By Jane Wright. It's all "Me me me".

  • Generation Something? By Jane Wright. First story from Jane; a drug dealer speaks..

  • S.F. Wright lives and teaches in New Jersey. His work has appeared in Hobart, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, and Elm Leaves Journal, among other places. His short story collection, The English Teacher, is forthcoming from Cerasus Poetry, and his website is sfwrightwriter.com.

  • Junkie Diner by S. F. Wright. A pleasant enough place. 2023

  • Alex Wyte is an enigma. Who is he really? Who cares?...

  • The editor needs a story by Alex Wyte. Desperation. 2025

  • Can Do by Alex Wyte. Over ambitious. 2021

  • A Spring Clean by Alex Wyte. Careful what you wish for. 2017

  • The Crawler, by Alex Wyte. But who is he?

  • X,Y,Z

  • Shawn Yager is an educator who lives in the Monadnock Region of southwestern part of the state of New Hampshire, USA. He has previously published flash, short stories, and poems both online and in print. He considers himself a "pantser" who tries to write rough drafts as spontaneously as possible. Of course, this produces many false-starts and much hair-pulling, but he likes to do things the hard way.

  • Dream Come True by Shawn Yager. Small ambitions. 2026

  • First, Do No Harm by Kevan Youde. Mission improbable. 2019

  • Three Eyes by Kevan Youde. Raw ambition. 2019

  • Never saw it coming by Kevan Youde. Knockout. 2018

  • A Natural Progression by Kevan Youde a learning curve. 2017

  • The Inquisitor by Kevan Youde. He's a cracker. 2017

  • Captain Macaco by Kevan Youde. Some monkeying about.. 2016

  • Scent Marking by Kevan Youde devious and smelly. 2016

  • The Wasp by Janet Yung. A story about a wasp...

 



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