Recent Fiction

Sisters of the Blessed Diving Order of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew

by A.C. Wise

5 January 2009

Lucy came to the Blessed Diving Order of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew in the usual way: her parents abandoned her as a babe in a little woven basket on the shore. Her first lullaby was the hush of waves rolling smoothed stone over stone and stringing tangled seaweed around her cradle.

Engines of Survival

by Larissa Kelly

22 December 2008

It's always the little things in the future that are the hardest to adjust to.

How to Hold Your Breath

by Meredith Schwartz

15 December 2008

In eighth grade, two of the guys started whispering "smells like fish" to each other whenever I came near them.

The Same Old Story

by Naomi Bloch

8 December 2008

Sarah was trying to come up with something friendly, but not empty, to say to her husband. Since the conversation in the lab they had kept their dialogue to a few safe, neutral subjects.

Archived Fiction

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