A few weeks ago we sent off Neon’s nominations for the 2014 Pushcart Prizes. This annual award celebrates the best of the small press. We made six nominations out of all the work that was published in Neon in 2014. Congratulations and best of luck to the authors…
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Neon Literary Magazine Issue 39
[ Digital Edition Available On Request | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] In issue 39 of Neon everything goes wrong. Parties become nightmares, bridges collapse into bays, a house fire consumes possessions, cars freeze over and life plans dissolve into nothingness. But if that all sounds a bit depressing it’s worth mentioning that there are…
Quicksand
I was on my way to the butcher’s when I stepped in quicksand. I hadn’t really thought about quicksand in years. Maybe Indiana Jones or one of those Humphrey Bogart movies where he’s a boatsman, and he wears a hat. I imagined the sand’s texture to resemble grape jelly. It’s actually more like the inside…