February 14, 2026Published by Paula Frew at February 14, 2026Categories Poetry Valentine's DayFor the Forlorn on Valentine’s DayPaper hearts, and roses red, for some, the day is filled with dread. Some spend the day with their “only.” Some merely spend the day lonely…
December 1, 2025Published by Souad Zakarani at December 1, 2025Categories Christmas Christmas Fiction FictionMissing Everything**Contains Triggers: death, mourning** There was no sense of winter, and certainly no sense of Advent. Summer or winter – she didn’t really care. She had nothing to look forward to in either season.
April 12, 2025Published by Ed Friedman at April 12, 2025Categories Dark Fiction Dark Humor Fiction Flash Fiction RomanceMeat Loaf for OneCombine the ground beef with the soup. Use the bowl – the one she got from her grandmother. Cut up the onion. Don’t worry. You have no tears left.
January 24, 2024Published by Kushal Poddar at January 24, 2024Categories Blog PoetryLoneliness Gardens LonelinessYou looked at me. I sprawl like a spoilt garden at the estuary of spring.