Rules of the Rats by Renee Agatep
He asks me over and over as he looks at his wedding ring what’s the harm in it, spending time. Under his collared shirt I’ve seen little Maria, tattooed on his…
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Pearl by Candace Hartsuyker
Come December, her ghost whispers his name. He longs to gather her in his arms like water, drink past skin and voice and sin to a place of shape and…
The Cube by Emmy Favilla
I didn’t have a lot of friends at college. I grew up on the Brooklyn–Queens border. When I was accepted to NYU, a 40-minute commute away, I had to decide:…
How Not To Become an Accountant by Chris Walsh
All summer long, mum dropped heavy hints, and made carefully crafted statements. Money did not grow on trees, she said. I had my life, and now I urgently needed to…
Your first Queer Valentine’s Day by L Scully
Your last name is Scully, like The X Files. And you’re a redhead. In third grade you move across the country to a new school. Two boys start picking on…
Around the Block by Kirsten Mosher
I’d been around the block more times than I can count, before I realized I hadn’t thought about home in a while. You can’t miss it. The red front door.…
The Wrong Tree by Emma-Marie Smith
[TW: This flash deals with sensitive issues.] This was how I buried him: beneath the roots of the wrong tree, in soil he was never meant to sleep in. Small…
Moustache by Sonia Hope
He decided to grow a moustache because he knew she loved them. He nurtured it carefully, at first trimming it himself. Then, when she made what he took to be…
3 Years and Counting…
Today, Ellipsis Zine turns three years old. Since 2017, we’ve compiled and published seven print zines, three (soon to be four) single author publications – posting out 3,000+ print publications.…
YOLO* by Hannah Storm
In the army, everything is abbreviated. TLAs you call them. Three letter acronyms. You wear them like uniform, body armour, these codes shield you in civvy street. Like PDAs. You…
The Wild by Sarah-Clare Conlon
There were tears in the eyes of the man with curly silver hair as he explained her quirks; how she liked things done, how she responded in certain situations. He…
Good Advice by Michael Grant Smith
The solution is realized in five steps, but for brevity’s sake we’ll skip ahead to Number Five: collect the ransom and leave your hostage blindfolded on an abandoned logging road…