New Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry by Chidelia Edochie, Roxane Gay, Lauri Anderson, Laura Adamczyk, Meredith Neuman, Julie Marie Wade, Chase Dressler, Mary Elizabeth Pope, Ander Monson, Brandon Grew, Charlotte Muse, Michael Marberry, David Wagoner, Tarfia Faizullah, Barbara Pelman and more.
Writers on Writing #21: Hayley Fitz
How to Write a Short-Short Story
Collect everything. Collect words impossible to translate to English (start with schadenfreude and portmanteau). … [more]
Writers on Writing #20: Lori A. May
The Not-To-Do List
Every morning is the same. Brew coffee. Assess to-do list. Commence project. Fail.
I have deliberately sabotaged nearly every day… [more]
The Good Opponent
by Tom Rich
Let's go three in a row on Tom's Tortured Metaphor Theater. Tonight's episode: Chess!
I don't play chess very often, despite enjoying it… [more]
Waasmode Short Fiction Prize Winner Selected
Judge Caitlin Horrocks has chosen Karin C. Davidson’s “We Are Here Because of a Horse” as the winner of the 2012 Waasmode Short Fiction Prize. The… [more]
Just Desserts Winner(s) Announced
The results for our Just Desserts Short-short fiction contest are in!
Judge Roxane Gay has chosen a winner and two honorable mentions, and we’d like… [more]
Everything Together All at Once
by Tom Rich
I took up fencing in college. It was a great way to stay active, gave me some moderately interesting stories, and allowed me to strike other… [more]
How to Write a Short-Short Story Collect everything. Collect words impossible to translate to English (start with schadenfreude and portmanteau). Collect particularly crafty sentences in books (“This was not the [...]
The Not-To-Do List Every morning is the same. Brew coffee. Assess to-do list. Commence project. Fail. I have deliberately sabotaged nearly every day of my writing life with my to-do [...]
by Tom Rich Let’s go three in a row on Tom’s Tortured Metaphor Theater. Tonight’s episode: Chess! I don’t play chess very often, despite enjoying it quite a bit. The [...]