Month: April 2016

Postcards, 1

by Ira Joel Haber

Editor’s Note: Each Wednesday we’ve been publishing individual pieces from Ira Joel Haber’s Postcard series. 1 of 12.
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Two Faces

by Alina Stefanescu

1. Serious Face

He found the letter she’d written to a lover she imagined when she was pregnant and reading Margaret Atwood. (more…)

Pam’s Head

by Michelle Ross

Every time I reach the surface with another load of gel, I pass Pam’s head. (more…)

CNF: Wizard of Oz Snowglobe

by Hillary Leftwich

You spill your guts: glitter and stale water, (more…)

Pray and Confess or Else

by Paul Beckman

“Time Heals” my father said as we were approaching my high school in his beat up old red pickup. (more…)

Check out the write-up of the journal in The Writer.

Matter Press recently released titles from Meg Boscov, Abby Frucht, Robert McBrearty, Tori Bond, Kathy Fish, and Christopher Allen. Click here.

Matter Press is now offering private flash fiction workshops and critiques of flash fiction collections here.

Submissions

Poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction/prose poetry submissions are now closed. The reading period for standard submissions opens again September 15, 2025. Submit here.

Upcoming

10/12 • Kathy Fish
10/19 • Katherine Garrison
10/26 • Beverly Jackson
11/02 • Robert Scotellaro
11/09 • T.L. Sherwood
11/16 • Susan Buchler
11/23 • Chelsea Stickle
11/30 • TBD
12/07 • TBD
12/14 • TBD
12/21 • TBD
12/28 • TBD