Fiction
Short stories and imaginative prose selected for publication in Open Arts Forum. Discover fiction by emerging and established contributors, then follow the linked author pages to read more of their work. Explore our quarterly and annual collections, or read the fiction submission guidelines.
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FictionMy Lies Small
I’ve been so long writing what has turned into a novella, hate that fucking word, and like, fuck me dead, I just want to…
FictionFreedom is a game of loss
Hey, Because I dropped my phone in the water and learned that sleeping masks are not tripods, I'm writing this in my notebook, sitting…
FictionToday when the day ends
Oh, the silliness continues, the messages keep coming, and the receiver keeps reading them, and reading stories written long ago A shop in a…
Fiction, Poetry10 North Fulton
Praise Sammy Tepper with the fiery red hair—scapegoat for bullies who taunt and tease to hear him squeal. Praise Etsio Goloni, Gas-station Joe, for…
Fiction, PoetryTraveling West
I woke up this morning in Texas, and all I can think of is driving further, on to the coast of California, to golden…
FictionGo Fish
My father told me if I wanted to catch fish I had to think like a fish except he said it with an r like frish…
FictionA Difficult Character
We used to cut through, hop fences, slide sideways through hedges, making the distance between our houses a two minute steeplechase. Ours was a…
FictionParcheesi
When the Doc gave me the results from the biopsy and the "options" available I told him I needed a couple of days to…
FictionRoad Trip
The woman who walked out of the woods had been in hiding for four hours. Her name was Lexie. She was hitchhiking home to…
FictionI Was in Love Here
I woke up this morning with a knot of words and got up right away hoping to unfurl them into a sort of typed-out…
FictionMarvins
I took an online writing course which I tried to cancel but it was too late. Our first assignment was to tell one truth…
Fiction, QuotationsThe reviews are in for my poetry …
I am humbled by the reviews— Just when you think Jacobson is going to make a point or reach a conclusion, he finds yet…