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Fiction and Poetry

“Words, words, words.”

Fiction

The Trump Bobblehead

Mark Tulin -
Finding a place to live in Philly on a part-time income took much work. And at one point, I told my best friend, Bryan,...
Fiction

The clock’s ticking, Karl

Felix Anker -
‘Twas one of those days one starts by referring to the old self with numbers and using the word ‘twas. Well, I wasn’t sure...
B Minor

Borges and I

Chaitanya Basotra -
“To the other one, to Borges, is to whom things happen. I walk through the streets of Buenos Aires and I delay myself, perhaps...
Fiction

Expecting

Maureen D. Hall -
How long did it take to know a person? Two years? Six? She'd been married to John five years, but sometimes she felt she...
Fiction

Jacks

Kaitlin Roberts -
In bed, a few weeks before Christmas, my boyfriend is scrolling through his phone after sex, looking for something to put in his cart....
Fiction and Poetry

Nervosa

T.N.V. Ray -
"A shattered glass carcass piled up on the asphalt"
Fiction and Poetry

When the Ashes Come to Hunt

Abhishek Kar -
The village folk looked up as the sky changed colour from a lighter shade of grey into a darker one. The object which was...
Fiction and Poetry

The Normandy Stretch

Aishwarya Khale -
Sit on the porch, Normandy moors Stretch, dream of dried flowers with no fragrance, did they ever bloom in silent fields and wooded shades. Plateau yield overgrown grass, Stand there;...
Flash Fiction

Twelve Steps

Pritha Deshpande -
There are twelve steps between me and redemption.  When I take the first one and see my death looming before me, yawning open like the...
Dispatch

‘Dispatch 2022’ | Creative Writing Competition

ALMA Staff -
Our annual creative writing competition 'Dispatch' welcomes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. The winning entry will receive $250.
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