The Feelings of a Stone
A short story by Ruby Kloskowski I stand amongst the earthen mounds, the rolling hills, and the luscious meadows of a land as old as me. Like a palace of rubble and solitude my presence beckons curious wanderers to ponder my mysterious origins. My kind are now shadows upon the land and only dwindling […]
Things Left Unsaid
Contributing Writer Seán Dunne shares a story about the courage it takes to let love in. I couldn’t quite bring myself to say it. I thought I already had. “I love you.” The look from her eyes was enough to light the fires of an idle train. I wanted to run away. “What?” The […]
In Life As In Death
By Leanne O’Connor Desmond The stairs creaked loudly, announcing Sylvia’s descent to the basement. Her bruised white skin shone brightly under the low hanging lanterns. William was waiting for her, as he always did. She appeared like a vision of an angel, her dark hair contrasting wildly against her unique pallor. William stood as she […]
Proto
By Gemma Kent. “You’ll die. That can’t happen. It can’t I can’t. Please.” His gait was a wayward, deflated hop marked by a rhythm dubbed ‘shit step shit’. ‘step’ was the good foot and ‘shit’ was the bad one, and between them they stomped out a jilted four-four tempo, with occasional variance. Step. Shit. […]
In Life as in Death
By Leanne O’Connor Desmond The stairs creaked loudly, announcing Sylvia’s descent to the basement. Her bruised white skin shone brightly under the low hanging lanterns. William was waiting for her, as he always did. She appeared like a vision of an angel, her dark hair contrasting wildly against her unique pallor. William stood as […]