As ever, the FAM has been getting things DONE this summer! Check out their amazing work and accomplishments, and don't forget to click on their names to revisit their contributions to Split Lip!

Books!

Leesa Cross-Smith’s new novel, Whiskey & Ribbons, is available for pre-order now, from Hub City! You can also read an interview with Leesa Cross-Smith in Fear No Lit.

Boom Box, Amorak Huey’s second full-length collection, will be released by Sundress Publications in their 2019 catalog.

Devin Kelly & Georg...

The featured image for our July issue comes from Sarah Walko, an artist, director, curator, and writer who works in sculpture, installation, and film. Her work is striking in the worlds it creates. Here, she discusses her influences, her process, and the relationship between writing and art. 

1. What drew you to Split Lip? How does your feature image work with that?

I was drawn to Split Lip because I loved how in the description you stated you were looking for stories that sting and voices that carry,...

We continue Fightin' Words with one of this month's featured flash writers, Kathryn McMahon. Enjoy her talent for compression in her story, "Rope Burn," and here, as she picks the perfect word for: 

1)      The smell that brings you back to the best time in your life: Boat engine
2)      Your last dream: Tsunami
3)      Covering your tracks: Rolled-up carpet
4)      Your sense of style: 

Biker-mermaid-librarian
5)      What makes you cringe:...

We return to asking the hard-hitting questions of our editorial FAM, this time with memoir editor Ray Shea. He's the latest to tackle the 19 rounds:

1. Early bird or night owl? 

I have pretty bad insomnia and I hate the sun so night night night. But I'm losing the ability to sleep late. Honestly I don't really sleep all that much.

2. What was your worst haircut? 

1983: I wanted something Bowie, the stylist thought I was more of a Tears for Fears guy. It took a long time for the sides to grow back in.

3. I...

We kick off a sizzling hot summer edition of Fightin' Words with flash contributor Nathaniel Lee Hansen. Be sure to check out his story, "Unnamed Notebook," if you haven't already. Here, he gives us a pie that defies any word count and the single perfect word for: 

1)  The smell that brings you back to the best            time in your life: rain
2)  Your last dream: snakes
3)  Covering your tracks: scribbling
4)  Your sense of style: plain 
5)  What makes you cringe: plag...

Welcome to the July edition of Now Playing. While you're waiting for the issue to go live on the 15th, get to know this month's contributors, what they've been playing, and how it makes them feel.

Kathryn McMahon

For the last eleven years I’ve been living in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Millions of motorbikes weave past each other and my apartment every day. For the most part, I love it. But all that traffic noise and I crave silence. Couple that with being a pre-K teacher where I need to help k...

We conclude our June round of Fightin' Words with Kristine Langley Mahler, author of this month's featured memoir, "Good Sorts."  Here, she shares the single best word (or number!) for:

1)  The smell that brings you back to the best time in your life: piñon

2)  Your last dream: remarriage
3)  Covering your tracks: LOOK!
4)  Your sense of style: 1998
5)  The most beautiful thing to say: October
6)  The hottest day of the year: birthday
7)  What you’re hungry for: enoug...

We're going to need set a few more places at the table! That's right, the Split Lip FAM has grown!

Please join us in welcoming our new fiction editor, reviews and interviews editor, and editorial assistant:

• Katie M. Flynn joins Split Lip as Fiction Editor. Katie is the 2017 Winner of the Colorado Review's Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction. Her work also recently appeared in (b)OINK. More of her fiction can be found by visiting her website. 

• Scott Lyon is our new Reviews/Interviews Editor....

If you have seen the magic of our Twitter feed -- and if you're landing here, there's a good chance you have -- than you know the power of Becky Robison, our Marketing and Social Media Coordinator.She spreads the word of Split Lip far and wide, in addition to helping keep the engine of our mag running, and she's the latest to tackle our 19 Rounds:

1. Early bird or night owl?

Thoroughly nocturnal.

2. What was your worst haircut?

I think my worst haircut was simply when it wasn't cut. I used to wear it lon...

Melissa Goode is the author of the June issue's featured short story, "Chemistry." She also appears more than once in the June FAM newsletter. Here, she shares her view from the end of her street and her view on the best word for:

1)  The smell that brings you back to the best time in your life: antiseptic
2)  Your last dream: child-angel
3)  Covering your tracks: impossible
4)  Your sense of style: yearning
5)  The most beautiful thing to say: luminous
6)  The hottest day of the year: chlorine
7)  Wh...