Category: Short Story
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Short Story Competition 2019 – 3rd place: We Really Need The Babysitter Tonight by Jeremy Bernard
Read more: Short Story Competition 2019 – 3rd place: We Really Need The Babysitter Tonight by Jeremy Bernard40 min flight, 50 pounds a ticket, 20 pounds for the babysitter, it was about fucking time. “It’s so nice to have a day to ourselves.” She whispers into his ear. She wanted to nuzzle her head in the crook of his neck but the economy seats were too rigid for any type of comfort,…
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Short Story Competition
Read more: Short Story CompetitionLast year’s short story competition was a great success, and we are very happy to announce that we will be hosting another short story competition for our 35th issue. If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of submitting your work to us, now is the time to do it: you’ll be entering a literary fray…
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Short story competition 2017 – Second place: The Elf in the Machine
Read more: Short story competition 2017 – Second place: The Elf in the MachineThe Elf in the Machine By Casper Rudolph ONE I’m sitting beside her on the couch in our living room, and we’re drinking our evening tea. “In the dream,” I tell her, “I was a child. I plucked a rose on an open plain at sunset, and watched it wither as the sun went down.…
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Short Story Competition 2017 – Third place: Armadillo
Read more: Short Story Competition 2017 – Third place: ArmadilloArmadillo by Frumingo Diaterdag The sky stretched long over the prairie in a cloudless blue. Heat hung shimmering over the asphalt, and the air was filled with the smell of molten rubber. Twenty-yard skid marks led up to the wheels of a tarnished brown Camino, smoke gushing from the hood. The front of the car…
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2016: A Hipster Odyssey (The End of a Trend)
Read more: 2016: A Hipster Odyssey (The End of a Trend)A last, weary breath of summer cloaks Amsterdam. The September heatwave has even the most zealous sunbathers clinging to their electric fans, and their freezers stuffed with Festini popsicles. Outside, meandering over roads of angry trams and taxi drivers, a lone man braves the weather with utmost determination. His bike lets out a rusty whine…
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