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ADELE GALLOGLY: Parting of the Waters

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The first time she bit the church bully, she imagined him hollow. A candy bunny. A meringue cookie. Not flesh. Her teeth marks rose on his arm, red and undeniable. He looked down with such wonder, as if he’d been kissed. Before the apology, her mouth stung like a miracle.

Adele Gallogly lives and writes in Ontario, Canada. Her work has appeared in the 2025 Bridport Prize Anthology, FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, Six-Sentences, and elsewhere. You can find her on BlueSky.

ADELE GALLOGLY: Witnessing

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Of course we’re wondering about the dead bus stop crow. Raven? Grackle? A smash of black on cement, witch-guts gross. We see the suited man who’s been hounding us before school, his Jehovah pamphlets flapping: “WHERE are YOU going?”

We bend to the bird, searching for its ears. Whisper: go.

Adele Gallogly’s very short stories have been published in FlashFlood, Writers’ Hour, Six-Sentences, and Paragraph Planet. You can follow her on BlueSky.