Cost of Admission Cheryl PappasNovember 25, 2022 The forest cleared to let the Ferris wheel in, let in the popcorn-chewers, the crushed, greasy striped hot dog trays, the guns in pockets, t... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Guy Who Speaks Piano Steve GergleyNovember 23, 2022 At the jazz club, me and Kyoko meet a guy who speaks piano. Instead of words, his mouth forms the sound of a Yamaha baby grand. Sitting at o... Flash Fiction1 Comment
Seeking Our Neighbor John at Lake Ridge Apartments Noémi Scheiring-OláhOctober 26, 2022 Hey buddy, nice loafers. Listen. Do you know our neighbor, John? Battered-brown-Toyota-Camry John? V-neck-T-shirts John? Wouldn’t-pick-hi... Flash Fiction0 Comments
He even freaked out on Bruce Willis Caleb BetheaOctober 3, 2022 I used to run out of the room when the opening theme came on, with the very 90s night-filtered montages of empty row boats and swing sets, t... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Short Shallow Breaths Karen SchauberOctober 3, 2022 When the lights came back on the aircraft was in full nosedive. Walter had been thrown from his seat and hurled some three rows ahead. I cou... Flash Fiction0 Comments
#AD-terlife Will MusgroveSeptember 23, 2022 Becky and I got into a fight. Then I died. At least I think I’m dead. A minute or so ago, a sedan swerved onto the sidewalk, smashing into m... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Doggone James CallanNovember 22, 2022 A handsome, heartthrob archaeologist flashes a million-dollar smile, flashes a lightning-quick whip, flashes well-tanned pectorals in the ga... Fiction0 Comments
It’s Not You It’s Me Jeana MahanNovember 21, 2022 I don’t know her personally. Only from the two-and-a-half hours of Facebook stalking, I had done the night before. And— of course— I forgot ... Fiction0 Comments
Is She a Witch? Yes or No? Lauren WoodsOctober 26, 2022 Does she live alone, across the hallway from you, and does your daughter call her a witch? While giggling, and after you scold her, in w... Fiction0 Comments
RUBBER TEETH Caleb BetheaOctober 26, 2022 I had this mask, smelled terrible–put it on and it was like you were pulling yourself through a wormhole to some sort of hot, rotting plane... Fiction0 Comments
Just a bloke who sells microwaves Kik LodgeOctober 26, 2022 So the damn dog’s sinking, cramp in its hind legs, head going under, and there’s me in my yellow jumpsuit with shoulder pads, a medallist sw... Fiction0 Comments
Talk of the Town Lukas TallentOctober 26, 2022 T’was the night we were on the loose, and Joey believed he could charm our way into Talk of the Town. He’d done it before, he said, with ... Fiction0 Comments
3 poems Austin DavisNovember 28, 2022 night walk layla and her kids sleep on a bridge that frowns over the freeway wrapped in blankets on a yellow ... Poetry0 Comments
Portrait with Bulls and Burritos Mickie KennedyNovember 24, 2022 My mother had dreams of the tango in Barcelona. The closest she got was throwing up behind a Taco Bell, gripping a bottle of vodka by th... Poetry0 Comments
Lone Star Molly WalshOctober 26, 2022 a truck bed raised eighteen inches. a mini-Tahoma summit to the passenger seat. swallow my salted goodbyes. flashes of a blue merle’s howl e... Poetry0 Comments
How to Be Alive Leticia Priebe RochaOctober 26, 2022 There is something delicious about witnessing flirtation. A hand extended beyond one bubble onto another, the brush of an arm. Laughter lo... Poetry0 Comments
Poem where I imagine myself as part of the Donner Party Leigh ChadwickOctober 3, 2022 I’m scared to eat anyone’s eyes because I’m worried I’ll see their dreams & the sickness each of them carry, or that they will constantl... Poetry0 Comments
When Candy Becomes a Footnote Karen CrawfordOctober 3, 2022 The dead girl won’t stop talking. She’s hanging in your room, scrolling through your phone, speaking in hidden hashtags. 1#Deb. 2#Mia. 3#Ana... Poetry0 Comments
The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021 Mallory SmartDecember 6, 2021 I don’t know what happened in 2021 because I’m still trying to process 2020. Yet here we are at the end of it getting ready to welcome 2022... BlogColumnsReviews1 Comment
Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee Maudlin HouseOctober 22, 2021 Tanner's writing is about Tanner Ballengee. His hobbies are skateboarding, forever and always, and recently graffiti, again, since the statu... Columns0 Comments
Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider Maudlin HouseSeptember 2, 2021 Jeff Schneider is a writer, founder of Pig Roast Publishing, and the former guitarist and songwriter of the noise-rock bands Arab On Radar a... Columns0 Comments
The Reviewer: A Review of “The Novelist” Teddy Duncan Jr.November 20, 2022 I clicked the power button on my laptop five times, holding it down for varying lengths, and determined that my laptop was, indeed, dead. I ... Reviews0 Comments
Find the Shard of Beauty: An Interview with Rebecca van Laer Diana KoleMarch 11, 2022 Rebecca van Laer’s debut novella How to Adjust to the Dark (Long Day Press, 2022) is a hybrid of prose, poetry, and theory, drawing on the p... Interviews0 Comments
