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Character-driven stories of love and loss. Change and triumph. Laughter and fear. You name it, we'll have it. Everything from literary to sci-fi to fiction.

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“The Least Spicy Hot sauce”

Bria Dinkins by Bria Dinkins

When she hears his car door shut close behind him, Queen has just finished her to-do list. She writes one every day,…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“An Acceptable Sacrifice”

Sannii Crespina-flores by Sannii Crespina-flores

We arrived with our gods, walked them into the soil and braided totems into our hair. Distance and time made memory a…

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“Grids”

Ebony Hagans-Greene by Ebony Hagans-Greene

“3 A.M./Stare at the ceilin’, murder the feelin’/Spider crawl in the corner—Brown Recluse./So appropriate” I rap, far too passionately. Honestly, there is…

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“domicile”

Shakirah Peterson by Shakirah Peterson

I text Alicia that I’m outside and when she responds, I’m already ringing the doorbell. the text was just a courtesy. whether…

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“Those That Sow and Those That Reap”

Ozzie M. Gartrell by Ozzie M. Gartrell

On a nimbus of decay, it emerged from the dark recesses of her closet and crept spiderlike toward her threadbare rug. Humid…

FICTION | SHORT STORY/Speculative issue

“The Devil in Tia Adelina’s Botanica”

Lynn Brown by Lynn Brown

It was a bitterly cold November evening, fifteen minutes or so before closing when the young man first walked into Tia Adelina’s…

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“Dragonflies”

Melissa Watkins by Melissa Watkins

They were floating, flying in tandem, punctuated by the last of the year’s sunlight, perfectly together. Nothing could separate them. The voices…

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“Unseen”

Alifah Omar by Alifah Omar

Cast aside the bloody hands of the self-righteous for they brittle and collapse amongst the bones of saints.   The tree leaves…

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“Emma”

Karen Frederick by Karen Frederick

Sometimes she thought it must be loneliness that made her see things. She could see the dark lord’s face peering down from…

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“Rose in the Fade”

Ashley Mobley by Ashley Mobley

The first time she noticed, it was purely accidental. A quick glance while reaching for a towel on the nearby rack. The…

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“Wading”

Porsha Stennis by Porsha Stennis

The winds bouncing off the gulf swaddle Fleur’s bare head as she stands at its fringes, and almost with the same delicacy…

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“Corona & A Side of Chow Mein”

Yakima Cuffy by Yakima Cuffy

SOUP: It is barely dawn, and the village of Layou is swallowed up in sleep and sea breeze. Tessa lays on her…

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“When It Starts to Burn”

Ada Mae by Ada Mae

“Let me know when it starts to burn,” Aunt Mimi would say, pressing down on the silver release of the styling chair,…

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“I Can Feel You”

Ashley J. Hobbs by Ashley J. Hobbs

“Mannn, the things I could say about my boy, Romeo.” Chuckles rippled through the great hall; some tinged with nerves, others with…

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“Salvation”

Michelle Donice by Michelle Donice

Tierra sits, her hands folded demurely in her lap, as she waits for her father’s Cadillac to turn the corner. Yellow curtains…

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“Parasite”

Ava Ming by Ava Ming

“Go back to Jamaica? You must be crazy! What would I do out there except pick-up bottles off de street and beg…

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