Tadpole Press

I don't like to tell you this but when I cross the line I see you there too waiting, daring me with your bedazzled eyes of sapphire           to take the final step until I am wholly submerged

I dropped the onesie I was folding when the ad popped up. Microfiction. Two hundred and fifty words. Two days to write. Prompts. A writing competition? How strange, how thrilling, how intimidating!

they asked me what I'll write as if I could define such a thing as if the halls weren't covered in moss and brimstone the mountains weren't faded with fog and mirrors

At Compassiviste Publishing, we’ve had the privilege of working closely with Tadpole Press ~ especially around their writing contests and the launch of their new literary magazine. What we’ve learned: when two organizations decide to support one another rather than view each other as rivals, something remarkable happens. Ideas expand, creative energy multiplies, and everyone benefits.

some things, I've decided, are better left as fossils crumpled, shaken things you never would have said