By Chase Docter TW: Murder, dismemberment, general cruelty. World religion has, at least in the most developed regions, shrunk significantly more than what was projected; not replaced by carefree agnostics and self-determined atheists, but instead a population of depressed and spiteful nihilists, all convinced that their lives mean nothing to Read more
By K. M. Lively The thin, spearmint-flavored floss slides between the two back-most molars on the left side of my mouth. I wince as it wedges into tender gums like a rock lodging itself into a tire’s treads. The pain is sharp, throbbing into the nearby teeth, spreading like a Read more
By Sadie Lallier These are the journal entries of Dr. Helena Martin, an accomplished marine biologist and oceanographer. They were recovered from the USS Abyssal, a submarine sent on a 15 day mission to investigate a disturbance along the southeastern side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The crew of five people Read more
by Bailey Flaherty TW: death occurred prior to story’s beginning, grief, mentions of car crash + blood The grandfather clock stood motionless, its hands frozen in place at 7:37 like it knew my world had stopped then. It towered over the rest of the room, huge and wooden and still, Read more
