Mirror Syndrome on New Year’s Jess Farey The New Year’s Ablutions Award Miranda closed the door to her apartment with her back and sagged down the door. Her shift had finished at 6 am and the last 13 hours of […]
A Case of ID Darajabi Nnamani NEVER BEEN PISSED AWARD IBM_Watson_Voice_Assistentv.1: Sherlock login: IBM_e-Admin ssh-key: Pbrqq7DGoYhvCkyE4g7 Pull request: data record target: user/local/Irene/data/conversations/temp/hidden.txt 03-Feb-2019 Sherlock.start initiated by user. | Parameter check. User assessment. She was at it […]
Same Old New Year Joey To The New Years Ablutions Award The man stroked his grey beard. “Grab a souvenir if you can, Sergeant.” Jake smirked and pressed “CLOSE”. As the pod’s canopy lowered, Jake noted that the general’s uniform […]
Off the Wagon C.R. Gardner The New Years Ablutions Award ‘Click.’ A thunderclap. A light explosion. Fireworks dancing behind my eyes. ‘Fudge nuggets! Turn off the freaking light!’ I cried out, my voice a weak and feeble whine. […]
Umami By Jason Fink The Never Been Pissed Award I sat as the lamp shattered on the wall next to my head. There was no flinching; I’d seen it coming and knew that it would not hit me. […]
Render Unto Caesar Liam Pender The Never Been Pissed Award “It was given to me by my father, and his father before him,” The man reminisced as he reluctantly handed the gold signet ring to Marcus. Marcus quickly wrapped the […]
Familiar Event Lucas Valladares The New Year’s Ablutions Award Blood blossomed from his chest as he dropped lifelessly to the ground. A policeman; the uniform was undeniably official. Their features were cloaked by the overwhelming darkness of night, […]
Albert Chris Field The New Year’s Ablution Award The day arrived later than usual; around 2pm, sunlight storming the room with heat and glare. Earl planned to rise earlier, for that early morning round with the boys, then […]
Porcelain Liesl Graber Never Been Pissed Award Charlotte stood on the shelf, her painted cherry smile held up at the corners by two invisible strings. On her cheeks blushed two pink circles, coordinating just right with the bow in her […]
Gregorian Nina Franz New Years Absolution Award A year is not 365 days long. I woke up with a jolt. Held my breath and listened. Tick. Tick. The new year’s fresh green seconds, pounding in time with my […]
Pissed Once More Shirley Fletcher The Never Been Pissed Award If a scream is silently captured within the convolutions of your brain is it not still a scream? If your face lacks the plasticity of emotional fiction does it […]
“When I think of fear, two truths come to the fore. First, that most fear is the fear of unknown. The second, ‘better the devil you know’. But what if that wasn’t true. What if our worst fear was the […]
Ashes to Ashes Aphra Pell Dragging Energy Award “Can I turn the radio off?” “Sure.” “Thanks. Just need to phone the office.” So… this is my student activist brother aged 41. Slight paunch, thinning hair, and working in middle management. […]
Mr and Mrs Joyce Erin Green Dragging Energy Award The smell of coffee wafted through the kitchen as Mrs Joyce loaded breakfast plates into the dishwasher. It was a Monday and the children were upstairs getting ready for school, clumping […]
The Last Swipe Robert Madden The Dragging Energy Award Through the keyhole of the toilet room door Connor could see his wife, Mary, at the kitchen sink. Whereas he was content to throw the frying pan into the dishwasher, she […]
Stripped Melinda Walters The Dragging Energy Award Marriage counselling can be the most soul baring and stripped -down process unimaginable or it can be the humbling raw emotional band aid that promotes healing. The talking is over, the slinging matches […]
A stolen month on the other side of the planet… was it this far we had to go? Daylight and Nighttime Darajabi Nnamani Dragging Energy Award Remote beach, South Africa, February 2012 I kept wandering along the moonlit beach, the […]
Home is Where the Heart is… Olinda Braganza The Dragging Energy Award Rose dug her toes into the pristine white sand of the isolated island. The salty breeze of the fresh sea flirted with her wild curls as she […]
Shadows Liam Pender The Logical Peril Award “When I think of fear, two truths come to the fore. First, that most fear is the fear of unknown. The second, ‘better the devil you know’. But what if that wasn’t true. […]
Never Saw It Coming Samantha Bright The Logical Peril Award “When I think of fear, two truths come to the fore. First, that most fear is the fear of unknown. The second, ‘better the devil you know’. […]
Perfect Housemates Nick Lachmund The Logical Peril Award “When I think of fear, two truths come to the fore. First, that most fear is the fear of unknown. The second, ‘better the devil you know’. But what if that wasn’t […]
Gaslit Sachin Sharma The Logical Peril Award When I think of fear, two truths come to the fore. First, that most fear is the fear of unknown. The second, ‘better the devil you know’. But what if that wasn’t […]
Girl Scout B. Natalia Sanders Logical Peril Award He’s at it again. I can hear him muttering before I even get to my post. “When I think of fear, two truths come to the fore. First, that most fear […]
Last Meal Rebecca Hadland Romancing the Phone Award It’s easy to patiently plan a meal when you’re already full. Even as the young man sleeps next to me, like meat left to rest before serving, I swipe through […]
Alan Paine Questions of Love Romancing The Phone Award Martin couldn’t resist puzzles and quizzes so when he found that the plane’s entertainment system included a quiz that you could play against people in other seats he had to […]
Bordeaux Fionna Cosgrove The Romancing The Phone Award The bar was buzzing with the sound of cocktail shakers, a broody jazz vocalist and the constant, indiscernible thrum of patrons. I had taken up a stool next to a young […]
On Reflection Lauren Archer-Jones Romancing The Phone Award Delayed. I take a seat and gently sip from a steaming hot coffee. My hands are a little shaky as always but I’m keeping it together. I’m not a people […]
Ghosted Lucy Stattmann Romancing The Phone Award Hello. The message was just a text, a single word that possessed power. My fingers, my fingers, my hands, my fingers. I did not type; I watched and waited. A reply that […]
Creatures in the making Darajabi Nnamani THE MYTHOLOGICAL AND THE MUNDANE AWARD Writing was not on my mind immediately, I always had terrible sense of grammar and correct spelling. Partly because my mind would reproduce words according to […]
Gone But Not Forgotten Ian Harrison The Mythological and the Mundane Award For every object, person, or movement that comes into existence, and blinks out again, there comes a date from which it has been gone, longer […]