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  • Romantique by Jonathan B. Ferrini

    Romantique by Jonathan B. Ferrini

    “I live in a world of spring showers of acrylic and watercolor droplets painting the score on the pavement of a Chopin Nocturne.”             These were the last words my brother said to me ten years ago at dad’s funeral. I welcomed the opportunity to see him and express my regret for the lost time…

    colleenflorafiction

    April 8, 2023
    Short Story
    art, brothers, Fiction, loss, short story
  • Freedom by Gretchen Gossett

    Freedom by Gretchen Gossett

    I often wonder if Azari would’ve been okay if I’d kept my secret to myself. Maybe she would’ve gone home to her parents, settled for a husband she’d learn to love. When I first saw Azari strutting across campus in her platform heels, low cut blouse, and miniskirt that revealed the curve of her ass…

    colleenflorafiction

    March 31, 2023
    Short Story
    despair, Fiction, foreign college student, prostitution, short story, undocumented workers
  • Fiery Quilt by Nandy Dibyasree

    Fiery Quilt by Nandy Dibyasree

    The Seamstress. That was what she was known as, the most omniscient witch in all of existence. She held in her palms the tapestries of every world amidst the crevices that peered through time and space. Each era, each incident, each recollection, was etched into her omnipotent needles. Regarded as the Stitcher, the Embroiderer, she…

    colleenflorafiction

    March 25, 2023
    Short Story
    another love, class differences, fantasy, Fiction, short story, unrequited love
  • Gold by Jim Bates

    Gold by Jim Bates

    Wearing a pink tank top and tights, Lindsey Copeland danced out of her corner into the center of the ring. Her opponent, a kid named Frankie she knew from her seventh-grade art class, approached her confidently. She could see him smirking and she knew exactly what he was thinking. You’re going down, little girl. Or…

    colleenflorafiction

    March 18, 2023
    Short Story
    aunt and uncle, empathy, Fiction, girl boxer, gold medal, short story
  • Blank Screen by Bruce Gunther

    Blank Screen by Bruce Gunther

    All this day with its weight of stone –with its terrible freight of unmoving time. The walls inch closer as we cometo grips with the torpor of sameness. Let’s do something, anything, we say,even if it’s simply flipping the bum a quarter. What genius is he hiding, after all, ensconcedunder his heap of blankets as…

    colleenflorafiction

    March 11, 2023
    boredom, endless time, Fiction, homeless, Poetry, winter
  • Breezed, From Maine by Meg Peters

    Breezed, From Maine by Meg Peters

    Literary illusions,chased, I bite my tongue, the phonograph is still,listen close, lean in nowthe past sounds like an interstate a phonograph or a window, city traffic hums,I wonder what you think about, things have been quiet, here, but maybe one day we will drive, past falling leaves, August rain. and we will listen,we will pray,and…

    colleenflorafiction

    March 11, 2023
    Fiction, musings, Poetry, quiet, self-evaluation
  • GOODBYE GOODBYE by Lara Abuali

    GOODBYE GOODBYE by Lara Abuali

    In my dreams you come to meemaciated and starving, a sick dog,clinging onto my arm.You took and took, pulling the marrowfrom my bones until I was empty.I watched you as you grew and grew,the gluttony taking hold until I had no flesh left.Still it wasn’t enough.Your mouth was slick with A, B, AB, O(though I…

    colleenflorafiction

    March 4, 2023
    constantly taking, Fiction, Poetry, relationships, toxic
  • A Pond Discovery by John Grey

    A Pond Discovery by John Grey

    The pond is almost hiddenin thick rushesbut I spy the periscopeof an egret head,hear the rattling cryof a kingfisher.There are no secretsfrom the eyes and ears. It’s wider and deeperthan I expected.Enough to interesta merganser pair.Enough amphibian mating callsto form a belching choir. Fish, too tiny to name,slither about the mossy rocks.Painted turtles bask on…

    colleenflorafiction

    February 25, 2023
    Fiction, human interloper, nature, Poetry, pond
  • The Biology of Courage by Mark Blickley and Katya Shubova

    My name is Jull Soares and I am a bastard. This is not a particular opinion that I, or anyone else that I’m aware of, has placed on me. It is objective truth. My mother was an unlicensed sex worker and neither she or I have any inkling of who fathered me, although a couple…

    colleenflorafiction

    February 18, 2023
    Fiction
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Submit your art today for a chance at publication! Submissions are free ❤️ "Ortolan in Winter" by Mercedes Payton evokes a sense of bleakness and weariness in the midst of winter, as the speaker grapples with their own physical pain and emotional turmoil. Timothy Parrish delves into a nostalgic and fragmented reminiscence of a past lover, intertwined with musical references and a sense of impending loss and oblivion in "These are the Days/Beach Baby". Jack Phillips describes the beauty and importance of finding stillness and connection with nature in "Somewhere Finding Ferity". Love yourself first. #happyvalentines Submissions are open and free for your chance at publication! Send us your work today. You deserve to be here. Forgive and move forward. Accept what's being given to you. Communication is key. Live in the moment. Don't forget where you started.
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