Month: July 2016
Everything We Had
by Christopher Allen
Mama’s breath dripped sour in my ear. (more…)
The Style of Elements
by Jetse de Vries
Postcards, 12
by Ira Joel Haber
Editor’s Note: Each Wednesday we’ve been publishing individual pieces from Ira Joel Haber’s Postcard series (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11). 12 of 12.
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The Shore
by JoAnna Novak
I dive in and Dimitri holds me under. A breath is wrenched from lungs, separated from my systems, like with his mind my lover has made me heave and sputter. (more…)
Postcards, 11
by Ira Joel Haber
Editor’s Note: Each Wednesday we’ve been publishing individual pieces from Ira Joel Haber’s Postcard series (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10). 11 of 12.
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CNF: Mr. Nobody
by Kelly Magee
Tonight I dump dinner in the trash. Fishsticks singed to a puckered tray, smashed jar of tartar sopped with stained jeans. (more…)
Congrats to the Best Small Fictions nominations from Matter Press for Compressed Creative Arts: Sara Backer’s “Oh, What a Night”; Dan Crawley’s “Powers”; Jill Talbot’s “Malahat Highway on Boxing Day”; Christopher Allen’s “Falling Man;” and Kathy Fish’s “Five Micros.”
Submissions
Poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction/prose poetry submissions is now open. Check out our new category triptychs! The submission period closes June 15, 2019; submit here.
Upcoming
03/18 • Tamara Gane
03/20 • Tiff Holland
03/25 • Sara Crowley
03/27 • Hannah van Didden
04/01 • Ian Mahler
04/08 • Cindy Hunter Morgan
04/15 • Mason Binkley