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 37
[ Digital Edition Available On Request | Print Edition SOLD OUT ] Issue 37, Neon‘s first issue of 2014, features the work of Paul Bavister, Shanalee Smith, Noel Williams, Christopher Owen, Tracey S Rosenberg, Erric Emerson, Meg Eden, and Joe Evans. The cover image is by Timur Cetintas. In its pages you will find guns and…
Playing With Guns
I could never remember what had riled us uplike a nest of snakesshaking our rattles andsinking venom into tissue.Just the intensesensation of my ownblood, jackhammeringthrough my pulse points.We were born and bred for malice, tossed to the familial oubliette,taught to eagerly eradicatesoftness or axiom. Unexpectedly, you boltedabandoning our altercationin favour of the dark chambers offering…