“Out Goes the Blot,” new poetry by David Kruger

  I sit at the free clinic like a tailor stitching a hidden nest in a jacket. After the hat … More

“How Hazel Tried to Kill the One Good Thing,” an excerpt from the novel HAZEL by David Huddle

  Hazel never completely moved into Forrest’s apartment. She kept paying her rent in graduate housing, but she left more … More

SURVIVAL HOUSE, a story collection by Wendell Mayo, reviewed by Eric Aldrich

Survival House, by Wendell Mayo. Nacogdoches, Texas: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, March 2018. 130 pages. $18.00, paper. Survival House, … More

NOT EVERYONE IS SPECIAL, Josh Denslow’s debut fiction collection, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro

Not Everyone Is Special, by Josh Denslow. Brooklyn Heights, New York: 7.13 Books, March 2019. 175 pages. $16.99, paper. If … More

SUNSPHERE, a new story collection by Andrew Farkas, reviewed by Paul Albano

Sunsphere, by Andrew Farkas. Buffalo, New York: BlazeVOX Books, March 2019. 232 pages. $18.00, paper. Sunsphere, Andrew Farkas’ second collection … More

“The Manufacture of Biomechanical Slime-Horrors Sets a Bad Example for the High School Science Club,” a story excerpt from the conspiracy horror anthology FREAKY TALES FROM THE FORCE: SEASON ONE

Elected as county sheriff on a paranormal defense and anti-goblinry platform, Sheriff Cecil Kotto has defended the citizens of his … More

“The Spark Became Flame”: Nettie Farris Interviews Wade Stevenson, Author of SONGS OF THE SUN AMOR

Wade Stevenson’s prior poetry collection, But Darling I Love You!, was published in bilingual edition by Trilce Editions, Barcelona, 1968. … More

MANNEQUIN IN THE NUDE, a poetry collection by Logan February, reviewed by Barton Smock

Mannequin in the Nude, by Logan February. PANK Books, April 2019. 86 pages. $16.00, paper.   … My story was … More

“What Moves Me Most Doesn’t Have a Beginning, Middle, or End”: Melissa Cronin in Conversation with Lynn Lurie, Author of MUSEUM OF STONES

Lynn Lurie is the author of three novels, Corner of the Dead (2008), winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction, … More

“Making Myself Hurt”: Caleb Michael Sarvis on His Story Collection DEAD AQUARIUM

Caleb Michael Sarvis is a writer from Jacksonville, Florida. He is the fiction editor for Bridge Eight Literary Magazine and … More

Mike Corrao: “MANCER,” a new short story

  The subject denotes themself as a collection of individual objects. Each organ and limb and vein its own sentient … More

Original Fiction: “A Hunger Boy” by Blake Planty

  Simon weasels his way out of every trap I set. I dirtied my paws a long time ago, getting … More