Work by Frank Reilly can be found in The Baltimore Review, Zone 3, Latitudes, and Kauai Backstory, among others.

Marijean Oldham is a public relations consultant/writer. She set a Guinness Book World Record for creating the largest bouquet of flowers.

The goldfinch hit the kitchen window with a knock so dull and hollow we thought, briefly, that someone had come to the door. We went out. The bird was on the patio brick, lying on its side, its yel…

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Today Virginia votes on a constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade redistricting — redrawing congressional maps in a way that would eliminate mos...

A SmokeLong Summer 26 is closer than you think. This year we’re starting early and staying late. The summer just got longer. As always, at the heart of A SmokeLong Summer is our peer-review workshop i...

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…

When Margo takes off her shirt, we all know what’s coming. Margo, who we all say has the best tits in the senior class, has a shot of tequila in one hand and the shirt in the other. It’s a flimsy litt...

ALT: a man with blue paint on his face is standing in front of a crowd of people with their arms in the air .

When a "no" is better than you think.