Notes from Underground

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Over the past year, one thing we've come to appreciate on The Literary Lab blog is the value of artistic freedom. To celebrate this freedom, we put together a collection of stories that were accepted before they were actually written. Our fellow writers gained entry into the anthology by impressing us with past work or proposals. From those early applications, we selected twenty-five of our favorite writers and told them simply that they had ten pages with which they could do whatever they want. We received poetry, artwork, and some amazing short stories that are both traditional and experimental.

Writers challenged themselves and only themselves to see what they could truly create when they weren't worried about rejection. In Notes From Underground readers will find a range of emotions and personalities that is as broad as the range of writers that frequent our great online community. We hope you enjoy this collection as much as we do!

Cee Martinez
Little Shark, Little Shark

Beth Overmyer
Mirror Image

Anne R. Allen
The Golden Age
No Happy Endings

Judy Croome
Whispers of Love
3 Triptych Poems

Anne Gallagher
Who Are You?

Taryn Tyler
Hellebore

B.A. McMillan
The Making of a Witch

J.B. Chicoine
Four Words

Erin Leigh Harty
Reflecting the Imperfect
Intermittent

Lisa M. Shafer
Voices From The Sidelines

Loren Eaton
The Apocalypse Closet

Jean Michelle Miernik
Notes From an Enchanted Castle

Summer Ross
Vanished Words

Nevine Sultan
The Smell of Closed Windows
Your Eyes Will Open

Candace A. Ganger
Before and After
Trade
Gone
Fumes

Yvonne Osborne
Maybe

Rachel Becker
The Truth of Her
Excerpts from Saving Throw, a young adult novel in progress
A Sedar Story
Little red riding hood undresses
Suicide at 90

Aerin Bender-Stone
TRAVELOGUE: AUSTRALIA 2002

Matt Zandstra
Competence

Simon C. Larter
The Return
And then the choir
Avoidance

R. Mac Wheeler
Hot House

C.N. Nevets
Terminal Instar

Lavanya Krishnan
Heat three spices in a pan

Susannah E. Pabot
Trees Without Trunks