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Aída Martínez
Jan 27, 20221 min read
Pinocchio - 100 Word Writing Competition Winner
You are unreachable. So far from my touch that it makes you irresistible. And I need you. I don’t even know you but I must have you. I am...
C.L. Hearnden
Jan 27, 20221 min read
The Exiles - 100 Word Writing Competition Second Place
On Hemlock's fringes, Harfbrëëd squats inside wyvern skull walls. Owning only his solitary pillow and quiet fireside. A breeze carries in...
Anonymous
Jan 27, 20221 min read
A Tired Traveller - 100 Word Writing Competition Third Place
A tired traveller began to look for an inn to spend the night. When the sun sank below the trees, a light appeared in the distance. Music...
Felix Lister
Nov 15, 20217 min read
Barghest - Horror/Gothic Writing Competition Honourable Mention
My feet hurt. They haven’t stopped hurting the last 50 miles. Sweat drips down my brow as heavy as a Sunday shower. The soles of my shoes...
Eilidh Leitch
Nov 15, 20213 min read
The Stag's Daughter - Horror/Gothic Writing Competition Honourable Mention
My father’s mother, who after leaving home at eighteen, he never spoke to again, had hands like barbed wire. Everything she touched bled....
Madelyn Stocker
Nov 15, 20217 min read
Emilia - Horror/Gothic Writing Competition Third Place
Emilia White was a very unobtrusive little girl. Her mother described her as quiet and self-sufficient. Family friends thought of her as...
C.L. Hearnden
Nov 15, 20214 min read
RecallX - Horror/Gothic Writing Competition Second Place Winner
A rattling on the street woke me. I groaned at the pathetic wheels of the Clean-Sweep10 as it passed. Its illuminated smile, empty, as it...
Eilidh Leitch
Nov 15, 20215 min read
Peanut - Horror/Gothic Writing Competition Winner
Dark as fresh mud, and softer than a cloud his small pink nose wobbled nervously. Someone had brought him in for the last day of school....
Michael Aidoo
Jun 25, 20211 min read
Stories From The Bosom of An African Woman
The stories were written all over her body in broken skin With blood as ink Day and night no longer meant a thing It was one round to the...
Kim Taylor
May 7, 20215 min read
Self Preservation
V0Y10 and Sorin have a conversation on the beaches of Cabidans's capital city. [This piece takes place after Understanding Emotions]
Kim Taylor
May 7, 20215 min read
Understanding Emotions
V0Y10 attempts to correlate emotions on his own. [This piece takes place before self-preservation]
Kim Taylor
May 7, 20212 min read
Introduction to Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Human beings are so hooked on favourites. I’ve often found that it’s among the first questions you get asked; your choices are always...
Helena Barton
May 7, 20216 min read
The Invitation
I should have binned it the moment I saw it. Or ripped it into tiny pieces. Or done anything other than open it. I knew the handwriting....
Helena Barton
May 7, 20216 min read
Past, Present and Future
Standing in front of the bright yellow sign of her favourite store, Cassie began to question what she was doing there in the first place....
Helena Barton
May 7, 20211 min read
St. Mary's School for Catholic Girls
Trigger Warning: Sexual Harrasment
Helena Barton
May 7, 20214 min read
Emelia
Trigger Warning: graphic mentions of death and suicide
Helena Barton
May 7, 20211 min read
Friday Morning at Wendy's
Noise fills the small café. The buzz of the coffee machine, the incessant typing of the student in the corner and the chatter of patrons....
R.K. Mace
May 7, 202110 min read
Three
Prologue for a homonymous work It sucks when you don't have anything you 하고 싶은 게 없다는 게 want to do 진짜 뭣 같은데 I know it's...
Averie Prince
May 7, 20214 min read
The Chasm
The monolith had been standing outside the school for as long as Jan could remember. It towered over the building and kind of just… stood...
Averie Prince
May 7, 20211 min read
Eisoptrophobia
When I was a kid, I used to get scared by my reflection. I would stare at it for hours and I was certain that I was looking at a...
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