Thank you Leslie Jill Patterson, Josh Luckenbach, and everyone at Iron Horse Literary Review for including “Steady As A Surgeon” in Volume 25.2, the Party Issue. In the editor’s note, Leslie Jill Patterson describes the story “in which a grief-stricken woman seduces someone on the wagon to fall off of it.” I’m looking forward to reading all of the stories and poems in this issue.
Assiduous
Thank you to Carolyn Oliver, Editor of The Worcester Review, and the fiction team for including “Assiduous” in Volume XLIV, Numbers 1 & 2.
There’s back cover art, too!
We Were All Once Shiny and New
Thank you to Lacy N. Dunham and the team at Necessary Fiction for including “We Were All Once Shiny and New” in their summer flash series.
Saturday Mornings
Thank you to Jeff Streeby for including “Saturday Mornings” in Open: Journal of Arts and Letters.
Premonition
Thank you to James Tate Hill for featuring this flash on Monkeybicycle.
Attic Dweller
Thank you to Geoffrey Miller and the team at NUNUM for including “Attic Dweller” in their one-of-a-kind publication. Also, they nominated it for a Pushcart Prize. Double thanks!
Chopsticks and Other Kitchen Utensils
A new short short fiction in the beautiful Hermine, with special thanks to Stephanie Kennedy Sobol for selecting and editing this one. Look at that exquisite art!
Motorcycle Man
Thank you to Wayne Bradshaw and the Sūdō Journal team for selecting and publishing “Motorcycle Man” in their fourth issue, the final issue with Wayne as editor. About this issue he says, “With the theme of “Touch Wood,” this volume of stories, essays and poems embraces the spirit of spring, to be read while wondering what “spring” means in northern Queensland, waiting for the next catastrophic flood, or recovering from you third bout of COVID-19.”
Continuum of Omnivorous Behavior
The Dribble Drabble Review’s spring issue is up! My drabble (100-word story) is included. Thanks, Keith Hoerner, for selecting it.
Rave
Landlocked has published “Rave” in their Issue 4.1, just released yesterday. Thank you L. Favicchia and the Landlocked team for including it.
The issue reads like a print journal via downloadable pdf, and there’s gorgeous art throughout. Scroll down for a sampling.
Bavaria
I’m thrilled to have a short story included in Miracle Monocle’s beautiful Issue 17. Look at that cover:
Thank you to Dr. Sarah Anne Strickley, Erin Wedemeyer, and the editorial staff at Miracle Monocle for including “Bavaria” among this gorgeous eclectic collection of work.
From their website: “Miracle Monocle is an online journal of innovative literary and visual art. Published bi-annually, the journal features poems, short stories, literary nonfiction, and a broad range of experimental works. We pride ourselves on serving as a home for flash and micro fictions of all varieties, as well as works with genre indeterminacies, fresh collaborations, and re-invigorations of more traditional forms.”
Swans Don't Always Sing
Popshot Quarterly has published my flash fiction “Swans Don’t Always Sing” in the Family Issue, out now. Thanks to Matilda Battersby, editor, for publishing it alongside the many other lovely authors and gorgeous illustrations. Click on the image for a sneak peak of the issue.
From the Popshot website:
POPSHOT 33 – THE FAMILY ISSUE
The Family Issue is a collection of vivid writing, exploring what it means to be a family today. It cuts deep, with tales of devastating family secrets, pseudo-siblings, robots who want to be loved, and ‘family trees’ which grow beating human hearts.
Words by: Jackie Martin; Polly East; Wendy BooydeGraaff; Gresham Cash; Maggie Stephenson; Catriona Innes; Helen MacDonald; Romina Ramos; Eva Rivers; Kay Sandry; JL Bogenschneider; Danny Beusch; James McDermott; Leanne Su; Sage Tyrtle; Colette Coen; C. E. Janecek; Liam Hogan; Cecilia Knapp; Noel O’Regan; John Gosslee; Lorelei Bacht; Theo Beecroft; Gráinne Tobin; Zosia Koptiuch; Sarah Fuller; Katja Knežević.
Illustrations by: Beth Ashley; Dafna Barzilay; Louise Billyard; Jenny Booth; Clare Davis; Marian Femenias-Moratinos; Cinta Fosch; Julia Galotta; Sami Henry; Ida Henrich; Andrea Iris; Kasia Kozakiewicz; Valentina Leoni; Jon Lim; Emily Louka; Izabela Olesinska; Hayley Patterson; Irina Pavlova; Yannick Scott; Meital Shushan; Sophie Standing; Maggie Stephenson; Kate Styling; Karolina Sroka; Martha White; Dawei Wang.
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Grapes
The lovely SoFloPoJo (South Florida Poetry Journal) has included my microfiction “Grapes” in their August 2021 double issue. Thanks to Francine Witte for choosing this piece.
Elegy 451
The lovely TERSE has published “Elegy 451” accompanied by Odilon Redon’s Haunting. What perfect art for this piece. Thank you to Kate Wilson and the TERSE team for selecting this piece.
A Dystopia in Decades
Thank you, Splonk, for publishing “A Dystopia in Decades” in Issue 5. The graphics in this magazine are so very fun, as you can see by the issue cover above. I love the name of this publication—it’s Irish, and splonk [splanc, noun fem. flash, spark. A splaincín (derived from splanc) is a spirited, fiery female] suits the mood for this story well. Thank you to Adam Trodd and the Splonk team for selecting this story, and for the spot-on image of those boots.
Transubstantiation
“Transubstantiation” is up today in MORIA’s Spring 2021 issue. Thank you, Ria Villegas, Myriam Pacheco, and the editors of MORIA Literary Magazine for selecting this story.
Teacher
Thank you to flash fiction editors Mark Jednaszewski and Sarah Walker, and editor-in-chief Eileen Cleary, for including “Teacher” in the latest issue of Lily Poetry Review.
Shall I Put Down a Waffle For You?
Many thanks to Diane Williams for including “Shall I Put Down a Waffle For You?” in this gorgeous annual alongside this lineup:
Print editions only, available for purchase online (click the cover above) and also in bookstores.
End of Monroe
I’m thrilled that this piece found a home in CutBank for the weekly online series.
Monogamy
West Trade Review has published my short story “Monogamy” as an online exclusive. Special thanks to Dan Ryan for choosing and editing this story.