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Robert Scotellaro: “A Sky Full of Crickets,” flash fiction triptych for Bad Survivalist
Hatching THEY ARE STRAPPED IN THEIR upside-down car for hours before the firemen, slicing through metal, free them. The deer…
DEATH AND SO FORTH, scintillating short fictions told and retold by Gordon Lish, reviewed by Nathan Blake
A woman leaves town on business, phones her husband when the plane touches down. “How’s the cat?” she asks. “The…
TRIMMING ENGLAND, a satirical almanac of terror by M.J. Nicholls, reviewed by Nora E. Webb
Trimming England, M.J. Nicholls’ latest work of satire, is a brilliant piece of character work. Not so much plot-based, the…
“An Examination of My Mother’s Life through the Poetry of Nehassaiu deGannes”: MUSIC FOR EXILE Reviewed by Byron Armstrong
Read aloud, Nehassaiu deGannes’ new book of poetry, Music for Exile, might sound like my grandmother crooning lullabies to the…
The Future: “Wellness in the Workplace: A Professional Development Series,” fiction by Dolan Morgan
Series Overview How can the organization best build capacity and develop tools to avoid burnout and respond with confidence to…
“Driving Through Geneva” a poem for Flavor Town USA by Avery Gregurich
for Wallace Ferguson Driving through Geneva is not a peaceful practice, holds nopractical mayhem beyond a Cracker Barrel, all lit…
Edward M. Cohen’s BEFORE STONEWALL, an Awst Press novel selected by T Kira Madden, reviewed by Stephanie Bohland
A life in the closet, a life before Stonewall, was an act of performativity—a daily exercise in trying to simultaneously…
“Electrolysis,” a Bad Survivalist Short Short by Roger D’Agostin
THE FOLLICLES DIDN’T KNOW WHY they were slathered in foam, but 17 said, “Don’t complain, this is the longest we’ve…
Two Poems from The Future: Lauren Camp
Into Sleep I Sang the Destruction Sleep crowned my childhoodwith dreams ravenous to show me the magnifiedunderside of logic. When…
Bad Survivalist: Three Little Things by Leigh Chadwick
Skinny Kids Skinny kids touching light with their tongues pressed against the sun. Skinny kids with half their teeth gone.…
THE REINCARNATIONS by Nathan Elias, a story collection from Montag Press, reviewed by Pedro Ponce
The elevator pitch version of this review might read something like “Twin Peaks meets Raymond Carver.” In his debut story…
#NoMorePresidents Flash Fiction: “Going In” by Kim Farleigh
“I WAS ABLE,” JAMES SAID, “to ignore it until yesterday; but last night, it was just impossible.” Sitting on his…
J Pascutazz: Three Poems from The Future
Is There Life for Us Outside the Dome City? The dome sky blackened like her mood ringleaving precious few hours…
I WILL NOT NAME IT EXCEPT TO SAY by Lee Sharkey: A Poetry Review by Robert Dunsdon
Young poets, hotheads newly converted and ablaze with ideas, crane their necks and clear their throats, eager for their song…
