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Baby Goat on the Roof

By Sara Hills

“You’re dead to me,” Cas says when I dart back inside the house and catch her dancing through the living…

Anthology 5 Longlist

By Fractured Lit
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If these titles are any indication, then you can see how hard it has been getting down to a longlist…

You are pulling your hair again

By Melissa Llanes Brownlee

and I don’t say anything as you drop each strand on the ground and I wonder are you okay do…

I Regret to Inform You I Made These Plans When I Gave a Shit and Things Have Changed

By Mario Aliberto III

Willow doesn’t even get the satisfaction of saying Brandon broke up with her. They were never a couple, not officially,…

The Flavours We’ll Lose

By Brecht De Poortere

My daughter, Chiara, turns five today. I get up when it’s still dark because, if I wait until after the…

2024 Micro Prize Winners and Shortlist

By Fractured Lit

We’re excited to announce the three winners chosen by Judge Deb Olin Unferth! 1. Our Father by Theresa Sylvester “This…

Spin the Bottle

By Keith J. Powell

Nicole spins, smiles, bites Mark’s lip, and coaxes him from the circle. They make slow, cautious love on the pile…

Fiction Writing

By Michelle Ross

Truth or dare: Who did you lose your virginity to? That sorta-kinda-boyfriend I had the summer before college. We both…

The Scarecrow Takes a Series of IQ Tests

By Dustin M. Hoffman

Predict the next shape in the pattern. Here is a wolf’s heart. Here is a wooden crucifix. Here is an…

Pushed

By Fiona McKay

When I was a girl, a woman in my town died in suspicious circumstances. I still think about the day…

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