The inability to like things overwhelms a man during his soup. Words: 1430

Charles didn’t know it at the time, but when he drew pictures, he drew the thoughts of the people around him. Word count: 3850

Catching the djinn in the flashlight was his older sister’s idea. Word count: 1354

The gift of a puzzle torments an empire. Word count: 6315

A coming-of-age horror story about a stomach infestation. Word count: 1105

A young woman's relationship with her mother, a statue in Elm Park. Word count: 700

A spiritual interrogation, literally. Word count: 2839

As still, waxen world and the mystical deck of cards that can heal it. Word count: 6456

To prepare for a global memory wipe, a collector wraps himself in plastic. Word Count: 4601

A music video of the ultimate fake-it-till-you-make-it psychic. Word count: 7509

Two kingdoms are at war, and the only hope for peace is serving an impossible soup to a picky prince. Words: 6969

After a long night of sweat and blood and desperate tears, I created a technology that replaced life with words. Words: 4416

A lifetime of revenge without a cause. Words: 5619

A historical town, its keepers, and its cutlery face disaster when a rule is broken: someone has been taking photographs of the tourists.

A story of youth wasted on a mistake, except each beat is abstracted through idioms. Words: 8162

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A post-life slacker and his dead aunt solve a mystery. Words: 6078

A man is falling, and all anyone can do is watch. Words: 3787

A lonely postdoc is tasked with caring for her elderly neighbor’s fake cat. Words: 5808

Someone in Sao Paulo has cursed his roommate, who is now transforming into a pig. Words: 4802