Genre: Featured

Olivia Oswald

As I listened to her I looked around. The other people on the street all seemed to be looking at us, and their expressions were full of menace.

E.H.C.

The figure moved slowly, deliberately, its shrouded head turning towards Josh. Those eyes—sharp and frigid as icepicks—stared at him. The man’s black lips never moved, even as a word pierced him like a yell: “Beware.”

Jo Unruh

Dear NiftyLit Community, It is with a heavy heart that I’m writing to let you know that I will be…

Judith Skillman

"I plan my fingers against one against the other / on the ebony board..."

Jacob Schlote

"He says he ordered a kid’s meal to be just like you, but you aren’t old enough to understand. It still doesn’t completely sink in because you know there’s not a need to understand, only wanting to bask in the gloriousness of reliving the event."

Violet Piper

The second secret is that cereal wasn’t my choice, but it takes up so much space I know it will eventually push everything else out.

Jasper Glen

"Children? I am singular, / Unfamiliar, spawndark / mob of myself"

AM Larks

"I am usually the one in control, the one working, the one in charge of someone else’s life, their body, and appearance. But here at Singapore Electric, Cheng is taking charge of my body, my appearance, my life."

Cheryl Dumesnil

"Today’s caller takes the shape / of a child who emerged / from the fault line / after the earthquake"

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