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Morning by Anthony ILacqua
Fiction / Micro

Morning by Anthony ILacqua

April 18, 2025April 12, 20250

microfiction by by Anthony ILacqua #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

Busts by Jennifer Klein
Poetry

Busts by Jennifer Klein

August 19, 2024August 9, 20240

“The jars near the window
Sometimes I mistake them for busts” – excerpt from Busts by Jennifer Klein @JenniferKleinReal #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

For Thea by Linda Lacy
Fiction

For Thea by Linda Lacy

June 26, 2023March 4, 20250

Nate turns me toward him, my round belly the bumper between us, his brown eyes plead with me. “Everyone has evacuated. We have to go now. Please.”
#TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Game of Interludes” by Patricia Ann Bowen
Fiction

“Game of Interludes” by Patricia Ann Bowen

April 24, 2023April 17, 20230

“He told me how the image of that clear cold gin sliding past my red lips and down my throat had driven him nearly mad with desire.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“The Arc” by Nath Oddson
Fiction

“The Arc” by Nath Oddson

May 9, 2022May 10, 20221

From Atlanta to New York City, I went tripping, delivering packages, on buses and trains, stopping—three days—in Cincinnati. There’s the arc. Greyhound issues you an …

“In the Kingdom of Songora” by Linda McMullen
Fiction

“In the Kingdom of Songora” by Linda McMullen

January 31, 2022January 30, 20220

James was a senior when I was a freshman at Salem North High School; I fell in love with him when I heard he’d persuaded …

“A Report on the Afterlife” by Michael Mintrom
Poetry

“A Report on the Afterlife” by Michael Mintrom

April 23, 2021June 30, 20210

The bus climbed slowly up the gravel road,the inside all dust and sweat, smellingof leather seats, of engine oil.The travellers rubbed together, chatting,recent arrivals to …

“Tchotchkes” by Don Noel
Fiction

“Tchotchkes” by Don Noel

March 26, 2021June 30, 20211

“Who’s Rick?” Alicia holds up a fist-sized pewter whale breaching gracefully from a block of varnished wood. Jerry looks up from where he is awkwardly …

“Nightlife Spots in Little Rock That No One Knows About” by Jeff Harvey
Fiction

“Nightlife Spots in Little Rock That No One Knows About” by Jeff Harvey

March 12, 2021August 12, 20220

Little Rock is the coolest locale for anyone who believes in the magic of America and is willing to search out fun in unusual places. …

“The Red Worm” by Isaac Aday
Fiction

“The Red Worm” by Isaac Aday

May 11, 2020May 18, 20200

Sam Karrington’s size-six loafers kicked back and forth atop the wooden bench under the train stop awning. The train would be here soon, he thought—no …

“45th Parallel” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Fiction

“45th Parallel” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

November 26, 2018January 10, 20212

We will not subside, for there can be no epiphany; we march into the sand for the egrets, hunting them with our knives. No other …

“Tunnels, Caves, Helmets” by Edd Rose
Non-Fiction

“Tunnels, Caves, Helmets” by Edd Rose

August 21, 2017September 11, 20170

I’ve probably been inside more than 500 tunnels, caves, souterrains, or underground passages in my entire life. My first home was a kind of cave, …

“Looking Out From My London Flat” by Kelsey Parrotte
Fiction

“Looking Out From My London Flat” by Kelsey Parrotte

August 7, 2017March 15, 20221

It’s not smoggy like they say it is in London, at least I don’t think so, but the River Thames is filthier than I had …

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