"No Trespassing..." The Haunted Homecoming by V. Plut medium.com/lit-up/the-hau… #spooky #fiction #flashfiction for #Halloween

"...Half-moon circles pooled beneath handsome hazel eyes; your photos spoke half-truths..." Undetectable by Edward Swafford medium.com/the-mad-river/… #poetry #drugs #lgbtq

"Mr. Kidderman raises his eyes in a practiced, taunting way that, you can imagine, has made many a wayward student jump straight to their point..." #Latest #scifi #drama #fiction MITChell by @Coleminer31 medium.com/lit-up/mitchel…

"When twilight bends the edge of sky, And whispers brush the pane, The lost slip through where shadows lie, To breathe their names again..." Whispers Beneath the Harvest Moon by @MorganBC728 medium.com/lit-up/whisper… #AutumnVibes #poetry #Halloween

"Not that she was listening, but a person needs to know the ending..." Half-Life by Heather Stewart #fiction #flashfiction medium.com/lit-up/half-li…

Mom always said she loved cooking, especially for Ai. But that had to be a lie... Mom’s Two-Star Cooking by Alexandro Chen #fiction #flashfiction medium.com/lit-up/moms-tw…

"...I hunched at the bottom of the staircase in the shadows, whispering shaky questions into the phone..." #micromemoir #memoir #creativenonfiction Staircase medium.com/flashbacks/sta…

"The high, Lapis Lazuli skies of flaming June are in absentia in this year’s damp and cold we cannot catch the wind, stillness evades us, and the patterns in the grass do not last..." The forgotten lore by Ezedi medium.com/the-mad-river/… #poetry

"I wake inside the question again — the one that hums against the skin like a bruise you keep pressing..." The Blue Between Bodies by Ani Eldritch #poetry #poetrycommunity #litpub medium.com/the-mad-river/… in The Mad River

Bearing false witness... Writing Lessons, Part 9 by Ronald C. Flores-Gunkle medium.com/lit-up/writing… #fiction #crimefiction #PuertoRico

"...Each night I wind myself tighter — a clock running on remorse...." The Solace of Static #poetry by Ani Eldritch #poetrycommunity #freeverse The Lit Up Press #litpub medium.com/lit-up/the-sol…

"Grief changes perspective on even the most mundane of things..." Button Tin medium.com/peculiarjulias… #inmemoriam #grief

"...We are held up the world screened overlooked skinned, both thick and thin a colourful feast..." Help #poetry #language medium.com/peculiarjulias…

"He shook his head. No cameras, no alarm, and a heavy lead key tucked conveniently under the doormat. Fools. They were surely asking for it..." The Collection by A. Gee medium.com/lit-up/the-col… #flashfiction #halloween

"Before Jyndari had breath, before the rivers were dreamed into being by the Ancient Ones, the world was only a hush between heartbeats..." Song of the Indigo Heir by @MorganBC728 medium.com/lit-up/song-of… #fiction #mythology #readingforpleasure

"There was a cougar purring in the tree where Mrs. Adams was hung the other day..." Cougar by @Coleminer31 medium.com/the-mad-river/… Dark, unsettling #poetry a #halloween #sonnet

A myth for those who carry too much on their own. When Queen Ants Stopped Working by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/when-qu… #poetry

"I’ll tell you a story sure to chill your bones She loved him fiercely He left her alone..." The Lore of the Lost Lover by Crystal Jackson.Writer #poetry medium.com/lit-up/the-lor…

“We ran out of food in the winter. It was after we had overthrown our parents…” Chicken Bones in Milk by Martyn Sullivan Dark #fiction #StrangeTales #Halloween medium.com/the-mad-river/… in The Mad River #litpub