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Flash Fiction Award-Winning “Walking Upside Down”
Sometimes sudden fiction blurs the line between the short short story and poetry. Walking Upside Down, John Ravenscroft’s previous winner of the Storycove Flash Fiction Award, is one such piece. Personally, I think this would read better as a long poem than a flash fiction story, but no matter how it’s presented, there’s no denying [...]
Someone Else’s Things
I read a lot of poetry I don’t like. Some days I get lucky and find something good right away; other days, I have to plow through a mountain of bad poetry in my search for that one poem that will bring a smile to my lips. Today was one of those “mountain of bad poetry” [...]
No Third Date
Okay, I wasn’t even sure I liked this online magazine upon first perusal, but now it is quickly becoming one of my favorites. It’s quirky, strange, a little silly, and perhaps an acquired taste, but one I’ve now grown to love.
Don’t miss the poem by Marilyn Letts called No Third Date at Feathertale.com. The last line/last [...]
The Orange Room Review
Thank you to Justin Hyde for sending me an email and turning me on to the online poetry journal, The Orange Room Review. (Yes, I am getting some emails, but I’m not sure if I’m getting all emails, so if you’ve sent me one and think I’m ignoring you, I probably didn’t receive it. Or [...]
Off Course
This is from a poem is called Hard Labor by Rebecca Lu Kiernan and appears in a 2005 edition of the literary journal, Off Course:
“I would crawl over uncharted shipwrecks,
Frozen tundra, rip tides,
To touch you in the dance
Of bent cobalt willows
Tremulous in the grey December rain.
I would walk the fractures
Of thinly frozen lakes
To taste you
In [...]
Two Random Moments
Lyn Cannaday’s work has been featured on this blog before. She’s a talented writer, and I’d like to do my part to help her get exposure. She recently had a poem published at poeticdiversity called Two Random Moments. Here’s an excerpt:
“My heart tripped on the history of tuffets and cheap horror films
Where cameras magnify tiny bodies.
Then I [...]
4AM Poetry Review
If you visit this blog often, you’ve probably witnessed me going on and on about 3AM Magazine (who, by the way, still has not gotten back to me regarding poems I submitted at the beginning of August). Should I re-submit at the beginning of November? Or just call it a loss and move on?
Anyway, did you know there’s also [...]
Needle! Now! Broken!
Wow. Needle! Now! Broken! by Brett Allen Smith is a short story written in a very different and very cool style. Me like. You read:
“He felt the absence immediately upon waking, so obvious that he fell out of his bed, tearing from his arms the tubes that had only the day before been preserving him. [...]
Prick of the Spindle
Prick of the Spindle is a brand new online literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and literary reviews. It’s off to a good start with solid pieces and a simple yet creative layout. I’m thinking about submitting some of my work to them. Here are some brief snippets of what Prick of the [...]
