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Dainty-Boned Vultures

May 01, 2026 by Liz and Kyle Icarus in blossom

Excuse my melodrama, but the Fairyfolk have been defamed—nay, disgraced—in print and color!

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May 01, 2026 /Liz and Kyle Icarus
issue five, flash fiction, riley shin, dainty-boned vultures
blossom

Running Through Bluebells

May 01, 2026 by Liz and Kyle Icarus in blossom

But at home no one was allowed to speak of the faeries, especially in front of her brother—and yet no one could grow up in the village without knowing some faerie lore.

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May 01, 2026 /Liz and Kyle Icarus
issue five, short fiction, alex glebe, running through bluebells
blossom

Ostara

May 01, 2026 by Liz and Kyle Icarus in blossom

I waited impatiently for that first blood, the one I knew would mean freedom.

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May 01, 2026 /Liz and Kyle Icarus
issue five, flash fiction, ostara, brittany redd
blossom

The Queen of Elfan Nourice

May 01, 2026 by Liz and Kyle Icarus in blossom

Yet, despite all the life surrounding her, she feels as if her soul had expired, leaving her body a husk.

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May 01, 2026 /Liz and Kyle Icarus
issue five, alexandra lopez, the queen of elfan nourice, short fiction
blossom

Spring Pilgrimage

May 01, 2026 by Liz and Kyle Icarus in blossom

Tainted, they whispered. We are tainted.

What does that mean? they whispered. How does it happen?

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May 01, 2026 /Liz and Kyle Icarus
issue five, short fiction, atlas schultz, spring pilgrimage
blossom

Hanagumo

May 01, 2026 by Liz and Kyle Icarus in blossom

I wasn’t always this way—lonely, fragile, hungry. Wasting away in this cave, concealed by the rushing waterfall which hides my hideous form from those who might try to harm me.

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May 01, 2026 /Liz and Kyle Icarus
issue five, a.k. aspen, hanagumo
blossom

To the Sea and Stars

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“Buck lived two lives, and one needed to end.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, rian moneypenny, to the sea and stars
currents

Where am I?

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“You are just a son. Your mother’s greatest creation. While I am her thieving damnation.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, flash fiction, leonie jacobs, where am i
currents

Red River

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“Her ethereal form attracted greed, jealousy, and ire that could fill the depths of Tartarus and then some. The poets conveniently left that part out.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, short fiction, zenia dehaven, red river
currents

The Somewhere Blues

December 20, 2025 by Kyle Ross in currents

“I open my eyes wider than golf balls and take in every photon of diffuse light. True, they fill mostly with blue, but it comes in many shades, and I'm familiar with them all.”

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December 20, 2025 /Kyle Ross
issue four, flash fiction, richard m. ankers, the somewhere blues
currents
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