Time Travel Report

by Sam Kulla, illustration by Theo Ellsworth In the future, time will slow and slow until at once it ceases. It will pause for a brief moment until it starts up again, but now in the reverse direction. Probably because of a black hole that alters the rotation of the sun or something. Spring shall [...]

From Prison to Power

STORY CONTEST NUMBER THREE BEGINS NOW Based on reader comments, Shane Rooney is the winner of High Contrast Review’s second story contest for his epic tale of sneaking out of juvenile detention to buy cigarettes.  As per the rules of the contest, Shane has claimed his prize of naming the rules of the next and [...]

DELIVER US FROM EVIL

The Art History majors were the beautiful ones.  More idealistic than pretty, the girls’ militant boots forged a path across the snow covered commons every mid-November, and their inquiry into the visually subjective evoked an optimism that wasn’…

Prisoners: Story IV

Prisoners. Each and every one of us, a slave to some one or thing. Sometimes we’re the chains. Throughout the course of this endless winter, I spent a substantial amount of time confined to the slightly frigid, but always entertaining chambers of my imagination. Tied to insecurities and bound by the season, it occurred to [...]

Prisoners #3

Prisoners. Each and every one of us, a slave to some one or thing. Sometimes we’re the chains. Throughout the course of this endless winter, I spent a substantial amount time confined to the slightly frigid, but always entertaining chambers of my imagination. Tied to insecurities and bound by the season, it occurred to me [...]

Prisoners Story #2

Prisoners. Each and every one of us, a slave to some one or thing. Sometimes we’re the chains. Throughout the course of this endless winter, I spent a substantial amount time confined to the slightly frigid, but always entertaining chambers of my imagination. Tied to insecurities and bound by the season, it occurred to me [...]