When I learned Zach VandeZande had a new short story collection coming out, I jumped at the opportunity to read … More
Author: Heavy Feather
Established in April 2011, Heavy Feather Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, and more. We nominate for national anthologies and writing awards. Writing from HFR has appeared in The New York Times, The Best Small Fictions 2021, The &NOW Awards 3, and The Best of the Net Anthology 2020.
Side A Hybrid: “shroud trick” by Amelia K
shroud trick Step 1. Start with a square sheet of paper with the white side facing up. Fold the paper in … More
“The One That Scares You Most”: Robert Crooke Reviews You Have Reached Your Destination by Louise Marburg
As implied in its title, Louise Marburg’s latest, award-winning collection features lives in transition. Each tale is a journey centered … More
Birth of Eros, a novel by Debra Di Blasi, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald
Size matters. I have yet to forget the first time I read those words, (and yes, in the exact context … More
#NoMorePresidents Essay: “The Box” by Diana Whitney
The Box The box was waiting on my porch when I came home from acupuncture. Cardboard, square, criss-crossed with blue … More
A World Beyond Cardboard, a fiction chapbook by Jonathan Cardew, reviewed by Claire Polders
Jonathan Cardew’s collection of twelve tales is both an honest and an ironic dive into our humanity. In the marvelous … More
Side A Flash Fiction: “Olive Gabardine” by Kevin Grauke
Olive Gabardine Every night I’d go home and complain to my wife about him—how he could never count out the … More
“Endless Hallways”: Laura Paul Reviews George Wylesol’s 2120
*Ed.’s Note: click image to view larger size. Called a printed “point and click escape game,” George Wylesol’s new comic, … More
“The Alienation of the Long Distance Stalker”: Laura Paul Reviews Ali Raz’s Alien
Ali Raz’s newest book, Alien, is a novella about a hunter on the lookout for extraterrestrials in a city facing … More
With Different Eyes, an illustrated prose collaboration by Paul Smart & Richard Kroehling
With Different Eyes is a heart-stabbing book collaboration by the writer Paul Smart and the artist Richard Kroehling. The subtitle … More
The Last Dinosaurs of Portland, a prose chapbook by James R. Gapinski, reviewed by Shyanne Hamrick
The Last Dinosaurs of Portland may immerse us in Portland, Oregon, but do not be fooled: the collection of ten … More
“Leaver,” a poem for #NoMorePresidents by Audrey King
Leaver of glasseson airplanes; papersat home; socks at the baseof beds; of cell phonesupstairs; of voicemails: hi honey,where the hell … More
Disembodied, a book-length fragmented fiction by Christina Tudor-Sideri, reviewed by S. D. Stewart
In his fragmentary work The Step Not Beyond (State University of New York Press, 1992; translated by Lycette Nelson), Maurice … More
Dave Fitzgerald on Interrogating the Abyss, collected works by Chris Kelso
What is the abyss? Several years back, I went hiking in the Catskills with my now-wife, my childhood best friend, … More
Side A Poetry Collaboration: “dear denver,” by Terence Degnan & Denver Butson
Dear New York, For reasons unwilling to be revealed// My father is no longer with you// Grief as a tree … More
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