I want to thank Anastasiia Shafran for immediately reaching out and helping me to figure out the best way to organize this for hopefully future volunteers. Her feedback was invaluable. As were her choices!
Anastasiia was faced with over 100 stories across Poetry, Micro/Flash Fiction, Short Story, and Serial categories and she chose her favorite from each. They also include a short review as well.
Please, enjoy these selections, follow and subscribe to Anastasiia to read her work, and especially, take a few moments to share this issue with your friends and subscribers. Sharing is the single most easy and important thing you can do to support this publication and the writers we feature. Thank you and enjoy!
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Slipping by Jenifer Jorgenson [Speculative Fiction]
REVIEW: The story of Gwydion and Ari is handled with care, rewarding us with a slow build, weaving folklore, mythology and time-slip mysteries throughout. The atmosphere made me feel like I was really there and I’m sure it will do the same to you. But be prepared for the ending that will leave you thinking about it long after the final paragraph.
POETRY
How to love crazy by Nicole [Literary Fiction]
REVIEW: There is love and there is love. This poem shows love in all its devoted and affectionate, but also obsessive and claustrophobic glory. Enviable and chilling at the same time.
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
The Devil is in the Detail by Feasts and Fables of [Literary Fiction]
REVIEW: You will want to read this story twice: first for the rich, grotesque descriptions and the depth of sensory detail; then for the intricacy with which this portrait of hypocrisy is crafted.
SHORT STORY
It's Been Zero Days Since A Plane Crash by Nick Buchheit [Speculative Fiction]
REVIEW: Satirical, dark, enraging, delightful. I hated the world in this short story so much that I loved seeing it laid so bare on a page. Oh, and if you’re as afraid of flying as I am, this won’t help.
SERIAL
The Call [Where the Blood Calls, Ch. 1] by Kummer Wolfe [Historical Fiction]
REVIEW: The prose pulls you in, like a song. From the first line, the clinical tone made me think of a story-rich video game Vampyr, following a renowned doctor with a unique affliction. The transition into action is seamless and visual. I am inttrigued, I am hooked, I will read on.
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