The Reader as Collaborator: A Conversation Between Kristina Marie Darling &...
Kristina Marie Darling is the author of over twenty books, which include Melancholia (An Essay) (Ravenna Press, 2012), Petrarchan (BlazeVOX Books, 2013), and Scorched Altar: Selected Poems and Stories...
View ArticleDear Candidates: Stop Being Bad at Talking About Tragedy
By Wyl Villacres A twenty-one year old white dude walked into a church and killed nine people because they were black. In a state that still flies the confederate flag on their capital. Another white...
View ArticleBest Worst Year: Episode 95 (Or, Toi)
By Jim Warner Rosary pendulums from your rearview mirror with unwavering doubt. The Virgin Mary is velcroed to your dashboard, blessed by your grandmother’s wineglass, and present at her deathbed....
View ArticleNorth of Order by Nicholas Gulig (A Review)
By AK Afferez YesYes Books 123 pages | $16 North of Order lets loose an overarching imagination, one that is freed of borders and delimitations, and one to which Nicholas Gulig’s own geographical...
View ArticleBest Worst Year: Episode 96 (Or, My Own Private Revolution Summer)
By Jim Warner When history is written by publicists and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductees, crumbs come easy off the table. Friday night in record stores instead of bars–late nights flipping sides over...
View ArticleBest Worst Year: Episode 97 (Or, Place to Be)
By Jim Warner Pour a cheap Malbec into the frying pan. You scrape the morning away from the cast iron surface with a spoon, beneath the boiling glaze. Vapor smells like burning oak and chocolate roses...
View ArticleBest of the Net 2015 Nominations
We are thrilled to present our nominations for the 2015 Best of the Net anthology. We are honored to have published this great work and to be able to further support these authors. Fiction —The Truth...
View ArticleExcerpt from Moon Up, Past Full
By Eric Shonkwiler (Illustration by Christina Collins) Excerpt of the story, “Rural Tendencies,” from Eric Shonkwiler’s collection of dark, Midwest-centric novellas and short stories, Moon Up, Past...
View Article2015 Pushcart Prize Nominations
We are thrilled to announce our nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize: Fiction Lena Bertone — “What Happened to Ettore Majorana?” Corey Mertes — “Camp Whiskey” Nonfiction Jill Kolongowski — “Luck:...
View ArticleFun Facts about our Assistant Fiction Editors
Robyn Ritchie Best and worst movie you’ve seen recently? Best movie: Joker Worst movie: Pilgrim Favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Potatoes and chorizo! Books you’ve read more than once? Lolita,...
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