The Icarus Writing Collective

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To have, to hold.

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“I believed in kraken, sirens, the like. It wasn’t hard to believe that the stories that had been told had to come from some form of truth.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, flash fiction, julian, to have to hold
currents

What the Sea Goddess Said

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“Clever girls, House-defying girls. Girls who, for their troubles, for their sacrifice, were then cruelly abandoned by those same heroes”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, taylor catalana, what the sea goddess said
currents

Eternity is Terribly Dull Without Company

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“Humans thought themselves eternal. They bottled stars, dug holes through their own planet’s ribs, stitched their world with wires so taut it snapped in an instant.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, flash fiction, sumedha, eternity is terribly dull without company
currents

Iris the Rainbow

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“Trespass not my precious heart.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, ocean, iris the rainbow
currents

Rain

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“What a question. To ask if it would all be over, if you would be welcomed and embraced, if the depths were really as pure as the sun made them seem or as dark as the rain whispered.”


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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, flash fiction, muze, rain
currents

A Song of Silence for the Mother of Grendel

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“What honor is there to be had when your title is ‘Monster?’”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, g.j. brillante, a song of silence for the mother of grendel
currents

The Sea Bride

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“The ocean breathed against the rocks, and I took my first step toward the door. Toward the shore. Toward whatever awaited me in the dark.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, jules leclercq, the sea bride
currents

Dans Sœur

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“They won’t realize that you understand the price you paid. That you’re exchanging a gilded cage for a wider enclosure—but this one, at least, will be of your choosing, not an accident of your birth.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, k. martin, dans soeur
currents

The Drowning of Loki

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“Another child, another loss. Another testament to my mistakes and all I could not do.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, flash fiction, Ginny McSheehan, the drowning of loki
currents

Phantom of the Brine

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“He was enthralled by the mere shadow of the unearthly being, who had tugged at the folds of his heart and drew him up out of the mouth of the sea, whose face he had hardly seen.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, bella vedder, phantom of the brine
currents
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