Essays, stories, poetry that have rocked my world: Tara Roeder’s One of Our More Serious Poets at CHEAP POP Tara Laskowski’s Ladies Night at KYSO Flash Kerry Cullen’s Ainsley at New South Journal Zach Doss’s Esquire, Put a Ring on It, & Embodied at Sundog Lit Benjamin Winkler’s Five Poems at Lockjaw Elissa Washuta’s They […]

Some dynamite flash fiction at Hobart from Juliana Gray: They Also Use Tools, and Are Capable of Making Plans. And at Change Seven from Bud Smith: Don Corleone. I also fell hard for this gem by Tara Roeder at Cease, Cows: My Former Lover Mr. Daly. All Good Science Fiction Begins This Way at LA Review […]

Not all of these books were published this year, although several are new releases. They’re just the best, in my opinion, of the stuff I happened to read this year. I recommend them all to you. 12. Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle 11. Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller 10. Rat Girl […]