Fiction

Picture of blue flowers in front of a blue and pink background

Blue

"I will make everything right," Pinworm says. "Those were his words."

Pani-puri, a white chunni, and marigold flowers.

Factory Flowers

The town is swallowed by war, but you were never concerned about that, draped in the white sari  of violent widowhood.

 

Picture of one person sitting in the doorway of the bathroom with glasses on and another sitting by the door without their glasses on

Doorway Vision

This was certainly not the first time she'd wished that she could just start something over. For her, that urge was nearly chronic. And today she could not stop wondering what would happen if she could take it all back.

A picture of a girl sleeping with her phone open to messages

What Happened to Mia?

"Hi, what happened to The Blossom Review?"

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Home-Canned Peaches

The not-girl does not know how she found her way here, only that she has been wandering a long while.

pumpkin bread cut into slices

The Dinner Party, part 1

Caroline stepped in the slush again and swore.

two women's faces looking at each other

And They Were Roommates…?

Move-in day: Ruby and Jane’s Dorm room

a brown and shadowy forest feauturing a buck whose antlers are shedding staring directly at you

An Afternoon at Deception's Pass

Deception’s Pass State Park is quite beautiful, but it also has an eerily haunting quality.

The Perfect Man in a black t shirt and a blue / purple background.

The Perfect Man

So now I just show up — pepper spray tucked into the bottom of my purse — and pray that I don’t end up on the next episode of Dateline.

sharks on the bottom of a pool

shark

where i come from, there are sharks in every lake