Top Stories
Short stories and poems.
- Not a Silverfish by Bao Phi8.8/10.
- If Only We Had Taller Been by Ray Bradbury8.6/10. I interpret it as a metaphor for racism.
- Ouch by Rudy Francisco8.4/10. A beautiful symbolization of the fear of aging and losing talents over time. I experienced these fears myself.
- I'm Going Back To Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense by Danez Smith8.2/10.
- We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick8.0/10. Although heavily dated, Philip's fantastical writing of the future always charms me with his ideas and descriptions. It's a shame the Total Recall movie adaptations don't quite capture the original story.
- Even if I now saw you by Izumi Shikibu8.0/10.
- Not Even This by Ocean Vuong7.9/10. I love his style of writing. It has such a strong voice behind it.
- As Long As There Is Love, There Will Be Grief by Heidi Preibe7.7/10. I love the way Preibe presents both love and grief as natural twins, like two sides of the same coin.
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath7.5/10.
- good morning, i am not going to commit suicide today by Kimmy Walters
- Island by Langston Hughes
- A Gift to Bring You by Rumi
- Midnight by Sappho
- The World's A Minefield by Iain Crichton Smith
- The Bridge by Kate Rushin
- Seeds Planted in Concrete by Bianca Sparacino
- My Mother Upon Hearing News of Her Mother's Death by Cathy Linh Chei
- Climate by Whitney Hanson
- Insomnia by Keaton Henson
- Untitled by Sappho
- Exit, Stage Left by Robert L. Penick
- Failed Essay on Repressed Sexuality by Patrycja Humienik
- Do not ask your children to strive by William MartinI especially love this poem because it took me a long time to realize that being average is ok.
- Fatigue by D. H. Lawrence
- To the Man Standing on the Corner Holding the Sign That Said "God Hates Gays" by Rudy Francisco