by Kobi Essah Ayensuo | May 27, 2024 | Featured, Flash Fiction, Prose
God and the Rides I, Shelly, said to Amos, “We live in a nightmare amusement park World, here on Moon Miranda!” He replied, “How did we ever come to this?” I said, “In my case, I was lured by the potential thrills of continuous action.” He said, “Me,...
by Helen Ivory | May 14, 2024 | Featured, Prose
The Queen of Limerick City In the photo-booth Eva gets self conscious, blinking when the flash pops. “It’s not me,” she screams out loud as the photo pops out. It isn’t; is a picture of an older woman with dark, not blond hair. Eva starts to...
by Helen Ivory | May 13, 2024 | Featured, Prose
The Boy and the Beach The boy was lost and he went to the beach on his own. He walked along the beach and he was scared of everything: of himself, of the sand and the sun and sea. He walked with his head down. As an even younger boy he came to the...
by Helen Ivory | May 11, 2024 | Featured, Prose
Dragons get their smoke from the poke man There are few sounds sadder than the plinky-plonk of Greensleeves from a passing ice cream van. Mickey Mouse’s face plastered on its arse, rainwater rivulets streaking down his grimy cheeks. Processing...
by Kobi Essah Ayensuo | Apr 30, 2024 | Featured, Prose
Surfing Light If the third grade taught any ideology, it’s that fighting back is futile. A boy, curiously named Majestic, had just finished shrieking in my ear, removing the grasp on my face from his sticky fingers. The noise bellowed like a saw to my...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Prose
Pleasing Evelyn Battersby Evelyn Battersby was a difficult woman to please, an easy one to disappoint. When her children brought their gifts on silver salvers she would sniff, wrinkle her nose, send them back to the kitchen. The paintings of...
