From Atticus Review: “We are excited to name our nominations for The Pushcart Prize. Congratulations to the six nominees whose outstanding works we will share individually. We had some very tough choices and also plan to post links to the writings of several finalists whose stories, poems, and essays were on our shortlist. This year’s […]
“The small of her back pressed to the kitchen sink, she pauses in her graceful work of gutting fish She lights a cigarette with a wooden match from the cluttered windowsill and breathes smoke like a Chinese dragon from a take-out menu, red-inked…” Read it here
My flash fiction story “Unexpecting (for David (not Lee Roth))” is one of Jersey Devil Press Magazine’s 2014 Pushcart Prize nominations!
Night Train closes for submissions for our annual short story and poetry anthology this coming Friday, December 5th! Submit at http://www.night-train.org/submissions/. We continue to accept #Fireboxfiction (stories under 1,500 words) year round. And, we publish those stories on our site on a (approximately) bi-weekly basis. Check us out at http://www.night-train.org.
“I was wearing white lipstick when I pressed a kiss onto the dirty window in the back corner of his mother’s garage, pasting spider silk and bone-colored dust to the glass. I left that mark to be discovered at an unspecified moment. In the future. I left that mark, a ghostmark, for him to see. […]
“The heart of you makes the sound the vacuum cleaner does when it rolls over a crayon. And then you pour out of your mouth like dirty water, splash and hover just centimeters from the ceiling. You are a swarm of apertures. You are looking in every direction at once, infested with eyes…” Read it […]
Photo art up today at Revolution John. Head over there to check it out.
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“Onion skins make the broth a rich and golden brown. A good trick, a smart trick. Edie stashed them—like brittle old love notes—in a paper bag on top of the refrigerator and added them to the stock pot when she boiled chicken bones. Her mama taught her that. Simmer the bones until they give their […]
From the Night Train statement of being, regarding Firebox Fiction: “In a steam locomotive, the firebox keeps the engine going. At Night Train, we define Firebox Fiction as short stories of 1,500 words or less, bursting with creative fire.” Since writing this, many have asked: “So, what do you mean by creative fire?” Here’s […]
Anna Lea Jancewicz 