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Incorrect Sums
"Janet, can you take a look at this?" Said Becca, swiveling around in her fairly worn office chair. She would have been the 5th employee to have…
by Charlie Frank Thomas
Worker Bees
Imagine a tiny, yet mighty individual working tirelessly behind the scenes to keep a thriving community alive and functioning. This is the story of…
by Ramiro Beltran
The Suitcase
A small, warm kitchen. Turmeric-stained cutting board on the counter. PRIYA (60s, dignified, sari under a cardigan) washes dishes. Her daughter…
by Asha Rajan
The Attention Tax
Here's a thought experiment. Imagine you wake up tomorrow and every app on your phone displays a small counter in the corner—not your notifications…
by June Varga
The Golden Drone
In the western wall of Hive 16—wedged between a lavender farm and a motorway that no one had bothered to name—there lived a worker bee called…
by Desmond Kalu
Edit Later
Why Editing Should Come Later There's a peculiar kind of paralysis that strikes many writers. You type a sentence, read it back, delete half of it…
by RB
What the River Kept
The St. Lawrence held my name before I learned to say it— each syllable a small stone turned smooth by passage. My mother spoke French to the…
by Maren Soleil
The Cost of Being Right
The Cost of Being Right There I was, another Zoom meeting, another grid of faces I no longer felt the same about. My camera was on, but I wasn't…
by RB
The Wreckage
Man is born into a world not of his choosing, One that prefer he never existed at all Only to live in phases to which he is oblivious. That is…
by RB
If the Ocean...
If the ocean was my friend, It would pull me under and share the beauty that lies beneath and within Showing me how strong I could be, building me…
by RB
Ding
Ding.Ding.Ding. Whatever the sound, the implications are the same Anxiety bubbles, sucking the air from the room I’m hesitant to look, but there’s…
by RB
Accidental Certainty
Everything was different, Just after the accident. Forget the years of empty dark For what bearing does our present have on yours now We searched…
by RB
Tell Your Story
Everyone has a story to tell. Sadly, most will never get around to telling it. And, the excuses used could be just the material needed to get it…
by RB