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Malibu Barbie

Malibu Barbie

Long body, swimsuit, toting naught but towel
My earliest conception of this exotic locale
Mystique this…

Little Soldier, Dreamer

A flag unfurls in the sunny sky, a promise of wealth and glory
to the young boy dreaming of belonging.

Does the war make the boy a man? Or, rather, does it make the man a boy, yearning for the
warmth of a mother’s unblemished hands?

Fire Burned The Right Way

Sophie stumbled into the high school gym cum evacuation center. Burns and gritty soot covered her, but the memory of her destroyed house caused her the most pain.

Her dreams were shattered. She’d almost accepted having no man and no job. The fire added “no…

The Magic from the Magic Circle

By Joe Gordon

When I was ten years old, I decided that I was going to be a Harlem Globetrotter. That was a strange ambition for a smallish, ten-year-old white kid from a little farming community in northern Kansas in the 1950s, who had never seen a black man in person.

The Dream Thief

Sonja was the most skilled dream thief in the kingdom.

A Wish Your Heart Makes

Candles flickered on every available surface.

Internal Clock

By Daniel Yocom

Daniel Yocum

Berri sat at his desk, pen in hand. The assignment was to write about what they did last summer. All that was written so far was his name, the date, and a title, “The Summer of 1946.” It had been a glorious…

2022 Inkpot Themes

The stories are all due on the last day of the month.

January — Meet Cute

February — Scars

March — Secret Weapon

April — Raincheck