Shayla Frandsen

Straight from the Tiger’s Mouth

Shayla FrandsenDecember 23, 2025

“You really don’t think so?” Bit of an attitude, as I asked this, managing only a polite glance at the capuchins all twitchy and jumpy behind the glass, scra...

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Shayla Frandsen

Shayla Frandsen earned an MFA in fiction in Utah and an MA in English in New York City. Her writing can be found in New England Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Pithead Chapel, and in other places, too. In 2024 she won first place in the Smokelong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Her writing has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and the Pushcart Prize. Read more at shaylafrandsen.com. Twitter: @shayla_who IG: @shaylafrandsen Bluesky: shaylafrandsen.bsky.social

Fiction

A Special Connection

Fool’s Gold and Gas Prices

Blue Delusion

Poetry

Apology Tour

An Easy Death

Chuck Norris Meets Joe Black

Flash Fiction

World Domination Pending: Waiting for the Wi-Fi to Connect

Menagerie

Nine Truths and a Lie

Reviews

Inside The Spiral: A Review of Joseph Goosey’s Casey Anthony, Renowned Trapeze Artist

The Weight of the World: A Review of Nicholas Keating Casbarro’s Vitalerium: Descent into the Void

These Efforts are Only Temporary: A Review of James R. Gapinski’s The Museum of Future Mistakes

Interviews

An Interview with Kevin Sampsell about Baby in the Night

An Interview With Abigail Rivera Ramirez

ALL MY GENERATION WANTS: an interview with Austin Davis

Columns

The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee

Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider

Shayla Frandsen

Straight from the Tiger’s Mouth

Shayla Frandsen