“Catalog of Nameless Girls,” a short story by Madeline Vosch for Haunted Passages

I HAVE BEEN SLEEPING WITH a married man for the past few months. I know, I know. But hear me … More

Bad Survivalist Short Story: “Bear, Flower, Ferryman,” by Margaret Redmond Whitehead

FOR A LONG TIME THAT morning, the bear occupied herself with a cardboard box. Its walls were plushy and wet—soaked … More

ONE SPRING AFTERNOON, WHILE WIDOWER was gathering lettuce from the garden, his daughter Lew called out from her siblings nearby. … More

A story about potholes, black holes, wormholes, and cats, told in the form of a Nextdoor thread, in hope of … More

Dolphin Adventure STAN ARRIVED HOME LATE AND flopped like an upright dolphin into his and Linda’s house. Dolphins are almost … More

I KNOW EVERYONE THINKS I’M just a cabdriver, but I also work at the zoo. They pay me to … More

Phil Shreck is a writer living in Connecticut with his wife and three children. His short fiction has appeared in The … More

FOR AS LONG AS HE could remember, the barrel had sat in the back yard, behind a locked gate … More

MY MOUTH BELONGED TO ME.“Your head is flat as a tape worm.”We waited in line to get measured.Anything over … More

THE SKY OVER MY CHOSEN park bench is summer and painful. Fold my hands. Block out the kids running … More

Part I: The Beginning WHEN I WAS SMALL, I had dreams of the zoo.Putting mammoth-sized kibble in a bowl … More

THE POLICE LEFT MY iPOD behind on the hillside in front of Red Lobster with my red leather journal, … More