When you read Niki Tulk’s O, you are enclosing yourself within a rich tapestry of glistening threads: motherhood, daughterhood, grief, … More
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HFR Nominations for Best of the Net 2023
The editors have nominated the following selections for the Best of the Net 2023 anthology by Sundress Publications. Thanks to the writers … More
Vol. 12 of the HFR annual LIVES!
Volume 12 of the Heavy Feather Review literary annual. Featuring art from Russell Evans and anti-comics by Tex Gresham. Fiction … More
A Summoning by Nicole McCarthy Has Arrived! Now available 8.2.2022
Can we exorcise a memory? Can we purge those that are a danger to us? Rewriting moments of trauma while … More
“Longed for as a Memory”: Anne Graue on Millicent Borges Accardi’s THROUGH A GRAINY LANDSCAPE
The opening poem, “A Man Sleeps, the Skies Move,” sets the tone of Millicent Borges Accardi’s poetry collection, Through a … More
Bad Survivalist: Three Poems by Ryan Clinesmith
Apocalypse I An apocalypse is an enzyme of separation, salt turned sugar, apples oxidizing, blue death, survival as the catalyst … More
HENRY’S CHAPEL, a novel by Graham Guest, reviewed by Christopher Lura
If we are to take Graham Guest’s new book Henry’s Chapel as a novel—and it is a novel, let’s be clear—it might … More
A Review of Michael J. Seidlinger’s Runaways: A Writer’s Dilemma by Mark Ari
Michael J. Seidlinger’s new novella, Runaways: A Writer’s Dilemma, opens with a definition. We’re told a runaway is “an idea, … More
SMOL FAIR IS LIVE FROM MARCH 19-26, 2022 (Updated 3/14)
SMOL Fair is an alternative, virtual book fair that will be “live” from March 19-26, 2022. It is 100% free … More
Best Small Fictions 2022 Nominees
We’d like to congratulate our BSF nominees Tony Burgess, Andrew Bertaina, Meg Tuite, Lisa Korzeniowski, and Andrew Tran #babyeatbooks More … More
“The Ratio of Books to Songs </= People to Cake": A Playlist for SHE WAS FOUND IN A GUITAR CASE by David James Keaton
Much like “Dave,” the protagonist in my new novel She Was Found in a Guitar Case, many people think I … More
And the Winners Are… 2021 Friends in Letters Results
Hello Feathers! Ryan here. I’m very happy to announce that Brian Oliu and Tasha Coryell have announced their picks for … More
DEADHEADING AND OTHER STORIES, an award-winning short-story collection by Beth Gilstrap, reviewed by Drew Belle Elsey
I was born 700 miles away from the Carolinas, on the other side of the Mississippi, away from mountain peaks, … More
Best of the Net 2021 Nominations
We’re very excited to announce our nominations for Best of the Net 2021. The super talented Gray Hunt has laid … More
FUNERAL FOR FLACA, an essay collection by Emilly Prado, reviewed by Jamie Moore
One thing I learned right away from Funeral for Flaca, is that we can trust Emilly Prado with the playlist. … More