Ninety-Nine Times Out of a Hundred
“What was the child wearing?” “A…uh, a Bluey t-shirt? And shorts, I think. Long red shorts past...
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Issue 4 - June 2026
Prompt: A lost child
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Prompt:
An adopted mom
Annotations for a Mother Not Born to Me
1. On ArrivalMY mother adopted me at an age when memory had already begun to harden.Seven. Old...
Prompt:
A stepdad
Father’s Day
The new white shirt Vinnie was going to wear for dinner on Father’s Day, didn’t Mam go and wash it...
Issue 3 - Mar 2026
Prompt: Emancipated teenager
The Kind Mirror
And still in the time of the strawberry bubblegum vape there lived a very average boy, who was all...
Issue 2 - Feb 2026
Prompt: Robert is a highway construction worker
WAR
At home it smelled like sulfur, burned flesh and dirt.
Issue 1 - Dec 2025
Prompt: Vanessa is a middle-aged woman with yellow eyes and a nervous personality.
Pulse
Vanessa Reyes pressed two fingers to her wrist before entering the patient's room.
