Flash fiction is one of our favourite forms, and so it’s always a pleasure to see it recognised by the annual Best Small Fictions anthology. The anthology has, this year, been adopted by Braddock Avenue Books, and will be guest-edited by none other than Amy Hempel…
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2015 Best Small Fictions Nominations
Last year, Claire Joanne Huxham’s story “Correspondence” from issue 38 was selected for inclusion in the Queen’s Ferry Press anthology The Best Small Fictions. This year, we’ve nominated a selection of short works from the magazine once again. Here they all are…
Infestation Miracles
Miracles swarm in the Mississippi delta in summertime. The blooms overwhelm me, reminders of what lives between the lived-in spaces at the limits of my vision. Where do they come from? Who created them? Are they a blessing from above, or a curse from below? Most importantly, should I call an exterminator? * A miracle…
Neon Literary Magazine Issue 41
[ Download Digital Edition | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] In Neon‘s 41st edition we have a story told backward in time, as well as tales of unsettling dystopian funerals, meat obsessions, and odd encounters on the London Underground. There’s also a selection of poetry, including a piece about birds’ feet and another about an…
Neon Literary Magazine Issue 20
[ Digital Edition Available on Request | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] Issue 20 of Neon features the work of Jonathan Greenhause, CL Bledsoe, Howie Good, Christopher James, Donna Burgess, Stevie Blue, Daniel Uncapher, and Jenn Clarke, as well as photo-illustrations by Matina Stamatakis. Neon is free to read. If you enjoy the work we…
Five Imaginary Babes
In time I’ve had five babies. The first one was boneless and meatless; it was a puggish fold of skin, and I would throw it on the ground in disgust where it would puddle up and gurgle little flatulent gusps that were almost cute but stank like dank pot. Within a few days, having accidently…