Short fiction

Snow Moon

It snowed again last night. Julia Jensen watched the snow come down all night in the glow of the streetlights. She couldn’t sleep, thinking about her first day tomorrow as […]

Inspired by: See the moon, I’m looking at it too,
by: Amy Nemeth

Snow Day Reflections

Wow, it’s the morning after a good ole nor’easter in Nova Scotia. What a monster of a storm it was. The snow resembles a soft white blanket covering cars and […]

Inspired by: Snow day in Seabright,
by: Beth Newman

Noticing

She noticed it in her hands first. The age, I mean. They worked so hard for so many years making a living, loving life. Creating and making is what these […]

Inspired by: We are all universes connected to the beginning of time,
by: Ellen Sim

Rescue Mission

Jack Macdonald couldn’t feel his feet anymore. He had been outside in a snowstorm looking for the stupid cat for nearly two hours. To make it worse, he didn’t even […]

Inspired by: Hibernation,
by: Anne Fraser

Pathe to Death

by Deanna Foster ‘Pathe to Death’ stared at Trix on the grey piece of wood. Drawings of skulls, and other warning symbols, surrounded the words. She wouldn’t walk down the […]

Inspired by: The Winter trail,
by: Chaba Conrad

Old Lady Kisses

They took my friend Joy away today, zipped up in a red body bag. I’ll not forget that last unglamorous moment we shared. Instead, I’ll remember seeing her last month […]

Inspired by: We are all universes connected to the beginning of time,
by: Ellen Sim