Blame It on a Woman Blame it on a woman. She who argues not for the accuracy, but for the…
Fiction: “Abandonment Issue” by Jason Hardung
Up in the corner, above my bed, a spider floats in the air. I’ve been watching it for an…
“The Minister’s Black Mass,” a short story by Chase Dearinger
When the fireplace was so full that the air grew heavy and beads of sweat broke out across his…
“Outside the door there is an animal writing my name in the blood of other animals”: William Lessard Interviews Adam Tedesco, Author of MARY OLIVER
With the publication of Mary Oliver (Lithic Press, 2019), Adam Tedesco gives us a cycle of poems that places topics…
An Excerpt from A SPECTRAL HUE, a horror novel by Craig Laurance Gidney
For generations, the marsh-surrounded town of Shimmer, Maryland has played host to a loose movement of African-American artists, all working…
“Hear the Chorus Underfoot”: Jesi Buell Reviews Alice Hatcher’s Novel THE WONDER THAT WAS OURS
The Wonder That Was Ours, by Alice Hatcher. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dzanc Books, September 2018. 304 pages. $26.95, hardcover. …
HOUSE OF THE BLACK SPOT, a graphic novel by Ben Sears, reviewed by James Ardis
House of the Black Spot, by Ben Sears. Toronto, Ontario: Koyama Press, May 2019. 80 pages. $12.00, paper. House…
Kelsi Brown on MIRACULUM, a carnival novel by Steph Post
Miraculum, by Steph Post. Polis Books, January 2019. 320 pages. $26.00, hardcover. “‘Step right up, gents! Step right up, ladies!…
SETTLERS, a poetry collection by F. Daniel Rzicznek, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
Settlers, by F. Daniel Rzicznek. Anderson, South Carolina: Parlor Press, October 2018. 89 pages. $14.00, paper. In his latest collection,…
WHAT COULD BE SAVED, bookmatched novellas and stories excerpt, by Gregory Spatz
For a time—ninth grade, some of tenth—he’d lost himself in music. Listening, playing along to songs on the stereo,…
An Excerpt from the Novel THE COLOR INSIDE A MELON by John Domini
Risto—Aristofano Al’Kair—is a rarity in contemporary Italy, an immigrant success story out of Africa. Born in Mogadishu, he’s earned…
On Writing and Self-Publishing: A Conversation Between Laraine Herring and Jennifer Spiegel
Well, this discussion stemmed from my mixed emotions surrounding my new novel, And So We Die, Having First Slept. It’s…
