Join Melissa Flores Anderson, JD Clapp, author of Poachers and Pills, and Amy Marques, creator of Duets and Duets+1, for a book launch and reading. Hops and Fog Brewing Co. 511 Lighthouse Ave Pacifi...

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She is editor & artist for the Duets anthologies, contributor to the collective The...

It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony. She had stopped asking questions. There were no answers to be had. There was no why, and no ...

She dozes as images slide in and out of her mind, snapshots from a 1920s silent movie. Churling smoke hovers in the gauzy air, the wheels of the train lull her further toward sleep. But she forces her...

Buzz Killer by Amy Marques Grocery stores were on your list of traumatic experiences. Not because of food or smells of fresh bread or temper tantrums because you couldn’t use all the colored toothb…

uncle slams the spotted octopus against black lava rocks, tentacles gripping his arm, hand, fingers, his hair tearing from the roots, a heavy slap splash

“Sun Down” by Amy Marques   ​Before Sean, Nina had thought she’d never be a parent; thought she’d always be alone. The world is full of lonelinesses, of seasons, of fangs that prey on...