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November 29, 2018
We're in love with Helen McClory's story, "An Apocalypse in Seven Stages" -- this November's featured flash. Here, she shares with us just one thing about the writing of the story, as well as a snapshot of the van where she was living when she wrote it:
"I wrote 'An Apocalypse in Seven Stages' while volunteering on a horse farm in central Portugal, far from anyone I knew. The farm was out on its own down a dirt track, miles from the nearest hamlet, and the farmer could only put the electricity on th...
November 27, 2018
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I don’t always write in the same place. Sometimes I write on the couch, other times I write at the kitchen table, or at my standup desk made from the scraps of an old TV dinner tray. Lately, maybe because it’s getting darker and chillier out, I’ve been writing from bed. This bed is a beast of comfort and refuge. I go here when the sun settles down, after a long working day, after concocting dinner, after folding laundry, after impromptu dance parties with my kiddo and our Boston Terrier pup...
November 21, 2018
As 2018 winds down, we wanted to take a moment to share our gratitude for some of the incredible things we've read this year. Some new, some finding us at the right moment, and each providing us with a light in its own unique way.
Amy Rossi, managing editor: There are two essays I've read this year that I've continued thinking about months later: W. Todd Kaneko's March Shredness winner about the song "Crazy Nights" by Loudness, and Alexander Lumans' "This Feels Like Never-Ending" in The Pari...
November 19, 2018
I have a general noninterest in sports (with the sole exception of soccer, the best game on the planet! FIGHT ME.). So I never imagined I’d accept a story about Macho Man Randy Savage and the pageantry that is professional wrestling.
But Jakob Guanzon’s “Repent, Macho Man Randy Savage” is less about wrestling or even a wrestler as it is about myth making, starting with its unbelievable opener, Randy Savage’s father Angelo breaking the world sit-up record, which as it turns out is historically true.
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November 16, 2018
We are so happy to share that we're nominating these small-but-powerful stories for Best Small Fictions:
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, "Ghost Story"
Tyler Barton, "Mannequins" (find this story in our first print issue!)
Megan Giddings, "A Husband Should Be Eaten and Not Heard"
Joshua Jones, "Forty-Five Feet"
Brooke Larson, "Space-time Goggles"
Best of luck to our nominees!
November 14, 2018
November 15 is just around the corner, and with it comes the launch of our November issue. You know what that means -- it's time for Now Playing. Our November contributors give you a sneak peek into what they've been watching, listening to, and experiencing, and what it might all mean:
Helen McClory
As I write this, I'm listening to Haruomi Hosono's 1978 Pacific. I got swept into listening to his work thanks to Youtube algorithms and was immediately hooked. It was his album Paraiso that first got me ho...
November 12, 2018
We've been so thrilled to feature the art of Claudia Griesbach-Martucci this past month. "Portrait of Veda" immediately grabbed our attention, and the literary quality of Claudia's paintings, as well as their richness in detail, rewards the viewer the longer they look. She talked to us about how the literary influences behind "Portrait of Veda" and how she approaches her work:
1. One of the most captivating things about your art is the push-pull of realism and the fantastic. Can you talk a bit about h...
November 9, 2018
We're thrilled to share our Best Microfictions nominees:
Kathy Fish, "The Champion of All Time"
Raven Leilani, "Kanekalon"
Beth Gilstrap & Jim Warner, "Revelation 154"
Each of these micro-but-mighty pieces was published in our first print issue.
Best of luck to our nominees!
November 6, 2018
Most days of the year, we're bringing you literary goodness. Today, we're bringing you our thanks for getting out and voting and some resources in case you encounter questions at the polls -- all in one handy place.
Vote.org has the answers for problems a voter might face, such as the polls closing while you're in line or finding your name is not on the rolls.
Election Protection / 866 Our Vote has information about your local polling hours and ID requirements if any, reporting any incidents at t...
November 1, 2018
The Split Lip FAM was all treats and no tricks in October! Catch up on some wonderful work and happy news, and don't forget to revisit our contributors' pieces in the archives (or in your print edition!):
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
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Editor-in-Chief Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice has a new flash, "Second Base," up at Smokelong Quarterly.
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Todd Dillard published several pieces recently:
August 5, 2019
July 12, 2019
July 8, 2019
July 3, 2019
July 1, 2019
June 27, 2019
June 25, 2019
June 14, 2019