Summer 2023

In our Summer 2023 issue, we have work by fifteen authors: fourteen short stories, including our Flash Fiction Contest winner and honorable mentions, and three pieces of nonfiction.

Contest Winner & Honorable Mentions

Thank you to Chelsea T. Hicks for judging for us!

Ashley Beresch, “Would You Rather“ (Winner)
Brenda Yates, “Starting Fresh“ (Honorable Mention)
Xochi Cartland, “Response to Amy Hempel“ (Honorable Mention)

General Submissions: Fiction

Clara Roberts, “The Taste of Escape“
Brendan Todt, “When You Feel It,” “We Do Not Love Each Other Exactly”
Bibi Berki, “Shattered”
Jan Allen, “What Would Judas I. Do?”
Kayla Wiltfong, “This Is How I Feel Better,” “My House Is Haunted”
Tyler Barlass, “The Trophy”
Brooks C. Mendell, “Aliens Want Space, Too”
Kathy Sherwood, “Spill Your Guts“
Lea Murray, “I Am Ready“

General Submissions: Nonfiction

Adrianna Sanchez-Lopez, “Widowmaker“
Lorraine Hanlon Comanor, “Compliments”
Katharyn Howd Machan, “Apples“

Contest Finalists

Cemile Guldal, “The Village of the Sleeping Dead”
Liz DeGregorio, “Blink”
MaxieJane Frazier, “Stop”
Brandi Ocasio, “The Child’s Jaunt”
Robert Warf, “Blackline”
Juliana Warta, “Bringing Mom Home”