Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Diomedéa
By Sandra Jackson-Opoku / Second Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / This is the moment I recall, a memory blurred by nostalgia...
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OUR Works
Shayla Frandsen
- May 25
No, Marty is Not on Instagram
By Shayla Frandsen / First Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / Mom visited Marty in a dream again. In the dream, Mom was standing...
Lisa Corn
- May 25
Empty Dresses
By Lisa Corn / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / On his way through the city back to the old man, Ivan noticed the pattern...
Lena Hari
- Dec 26, 2022
The Father Tree
By Lena Hari / Fiction / Matteo’s hands, rough, raw, and badly bleeding, worked to turn the burnt earth. The fires were still burning in...
Cassidy McCants
- Dec 26, 2022
Smiling in Igneous
By Cassidy McCants / Fiction / What kind of beauty lies latent? Dormant? In the morning you walk outside to see gray. A haze that doesn’t...
J.M. Amoroso
- Dec 26, 2022
Pappa
By J.M. Amoroso / Fiction / I lose my soul in the mirror every day. I give it a year, maybe two if I’m lucky, before I face the dreaded...
S. P. Venkat
- Oct 8, 2022
What Happens When They Leave
By S. P. Venkat / Fiction / On the day of my wedding, I realized I didn't recognize my husband-to-be. He looked like a lazily picked...
Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka
- Oct 8, 2022
Little Machines
By Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka / Fiction / You are on the couch sketching the Christmas tree when you hear the growl of your brother’s Ford...
Kwan Siu Kan Gabriel
- Jun 26, 2022
Oyayi / Lullaby
By Kwan Siu Kan Gabriel / Fiction / From her upstairs bedroom, Anastasia cries. It is 9 pm, well into the quiet hours. Her cries echo...
Sarah Young
- Jun 26, 2022
That Woman
By Sarah Young / Fiction / SPRING Bushes burst into flower, roses overflow, magnolias spill onto the broken footpaths from unkempt...
Jacquelyn Jordan
- Jun 26, 2022
God's Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'
By Jacquelyn Jordan / Fiction / As a kid, I didn’t like to play with other kids my age. In fact I didn’t even like kids my age. They...
Ernest Langston
- May 12, 2022
Sign the Papers
By Ernest Langston / Fiction / The two-lane road curved up and into a pine tree forest. Country-styled houses were sprinkled along the...
Iris Harris
- May 12, 2022
When the Ohia Lehua Blossoms
By Iris Harris / Fiction / “I know it’s your week with Sam starting tonight, but I don’t think you need to come all the way down to the...
John Fried
- May 12, 2022
The Surgeon's Hands
By John Fried * for bf / Fiction / Louise sat at the bar, working on that day’s crossword, waiting for her date to arrive. He was late....
Ed Davis
- May 12, 2022
Artemis
By Ed Davis / Fiction / Marla hadn’t been home five minutes before the doorbell rang. Shit. She’d’ve ignored it except she was expecting...
Loren Mayshark
- May 12, 2022
A New Vision of an Old Tomorrow
By Loren Mayshark / Fiction / Thom grabs a plastic grocery basket with four wheels, three of them askew, and drags it into the Hemköp...
Devin Santiago Dettman
- Feb 1, 2022
When Did It Start to Hurt
by Devin Santiago Dettman / Fiction / I lay with my head on the grain of the picnic table. I’m sure it’s cutting shallow lines into my...
Emily Hessney Lynch
- Feb 1, 2022
The Button Caverns
by Emily Hessney Lynch / Fiction / Kayla usually started and ended each shift with a lemon cookie. She wasn’t sure if Lucy started baking...
Alan Toth
- Feb 1, 2022
The Kingpin of Red Bluffs
by Alan Toth / Fiction / Most people are a little confused when I tell them how I got here. They always want to know why I did it – where...
Ray Berman-Schneider
- Feb 1, 2022
Cobblestone Secrets and Hummingbird Pins
by Ray Berman-Schneider / Fiction / My mother cried the day my grandfather died. This may seem like an appropriate response, but she...
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