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The CHILLFILTR Review showcases hand-picked short stories, essays, and poems from around the world.
Eat You Up
I was daydreaming when I was called down to the office for early dismissal. I ran there, excited about what Mom had up her sleeve.
by Sarah Fitzgerald
Vipassana
Awakening occurs in every direction, like the moon becoming pregnant with light.
by Zach Beach
Imagine the Nighttime Sea
A few steps into the jungle and they are gone from our sight, gone from our reach.
by Donna Lee Miele
Helping Ruthie Die
Death from cancer creates more problems than people realize, as Ruthie's case makes abundantly clear.
by Claude Clayton Smith
God is an Atheist
What burdens does our long lost father lay on a cold pillow in front of the night?
by Elisabeth Sharber
Our Year End Prizes and List of Award Submissions
2020. — Every year we send our favorite submissions out for Best of the Net and Pushcart Awards.
by Krister Bjornson Axel
What Lies in the Heart of a Reverie but Rapture?
If you could disappear without consequence into a living dream could you resist, or more importantly, resurface?
by Charlotte A Wynn
Broken Flute Cave
Hototo, last musician of his tribe, plays his flute on his dying day and sees the future.
by Steven R. Southard
In Beautiful Weather
A memorable encounter with a gorgeous fireman transcends the ephemeral.
by Lisa del Rosso