Micro-fiction that pops.
JANUARY 2014
NOT FOR WOMEN — JOE SACKSTEDER
ALL THAT SMOKE HOWLING BLUE — LEESA CROSS-SMITH
FICTIONS — ROB KENAGY
THINKING OF FRANCIS PONGE AND YOU ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON — GERRY LaFEMINA
SOUTH OF TOULOUSE: SNOW — KEITH TAYLOR
THE NATURAL WORLD — JORDAN SULLIVAN
TWO POUND THING — CHRISTINA DRILL
THE PILL BOTTLE — CHARLES McLEOD
FEBRUARY 2014
WHAT HE GAVE HER — MONICA FRIEDMAN
HOW THE MOUNTAIN — C.J. OPPERTHAUSER
NETTLE CREEK CEMETERY — ERIC SHONKWILER
THE MOMENT BEFORE THE EARTH WAS DESTROYED — JARED YATES SEXTON
STRANGERS — AMANDA MISKA
THE UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN — MIKE SALISBURY
4-F — AMORAK HUEY
LITTLE SAIGON — NANCY LYNÉE WOO
MARCH 2014
'54 — A. L. ERWIN
BUNKER — ANTHONY COTE
WORKING GIRL — KYLE HEMMINGS
TWO THOUSAND MILES RUNNING — ANTHONY MARTIN
INSIDE AISLES — TOM DeMARCHI
ELECTIVES AND REQUISITES — MARC J. SHEEHAN
CERULEAN — KENNETH NICHOLS
OH MY DARLING — MATT SAILOR
APRIL 2014
HEAT WAVE — AKI SCHILZ
TEMPT YOUR RETRIBUTION TONIGHT — JUSTIN LAWRENCE DAUGHERTY
PROJECTION — LISA MECHAM
THE WOOD AND THE BLADE — ANNA PRUSHINSKAYA
DRESS UP — MATT BELL
FINGER SPELL — CHASE BURKE
FRIDGE POETRY — JENNIFER CHARDON
THE MUFFIN MAN — JON SINDELL
SIT PRETTY — KATRINA PROW
MAY 2014
REVERBERATE — MAGGIE VIDAL
THE HEART IS THE SIZE OF A FIST — JAMES YATES
FLAWED — LEE L. KRECKLOW
RITUAL IN MIAMI, MAY 1980 — NICK MAINIERI
JR — SCHULER BENSON
PING AND PONG — DANNY RENDLEMAN
HOT — JACQUELYN BENGFORT
BLOOD/LOVE — LEON HEDSTROM
I'D LOVE YOU AS A WOMAN — CARLOTTA EDEN
JUNE 2014
THE BURN — SELIN GÜLGÖZ
DEEP END — LARA PRESCOTT
WARNINGS — GENE KWAK
JELLYFISH — ZARA LISBON
APRIL 10, 2002 — SCOTT DAUGHTRIDGE
WEDNESDAY — BRITT MELEWSKI
LET ME DIE TOO, PLEASE — HANNAH SLOANE
WHITNEY HOUSTON: HOW WILL I KNOW (4:36) — BRIAN OLIU
JULY 2014
HOOD ORNAMENT — BENJAMIN WOODARD
CHERUB WINGS — PETE STEVENS
TUESDAY'S QUESTIONS — LUKE WIGET
REPORT: WHY WE SHOULD SKIP EARTH — JENNIFER A. HOWARD
PERSUASION — ERIC BOYD
ÇA VA — WHITNEY TEAL
THE GINGERBREAD METHOD — PATRICK WILLIAMS
TO CRAWL THROUGH STARS — JASON MARC HARRIS
AUGUST 2014
ROGERS PARK BOTANICA — DAVID MATHEWS
RABBLE DISPERSED — SARAH BAAR
CHIN UP — SARAH LAYDEN
CLODS — WILLIAM VanDenBERG
THE WIND FARM — ELENA M. APONTE
RESORT TOWN — AMY SILVERBERG
B-MOVIE — W. TODD KANEKO
BRAZEN — LAURA RELYEA
SEPTEMBER 2014
FIRST GENERATION — STEPHANIE DEVINE
BATHROOM MIRROR, AFTER SCHOOL — MARLIN M. JENKINS
SUNDAY MORNING AT JONSEYS' DINER (BIDDEFORD, MAINE) — LOUIS RAYMOND
YOUR WONDERWALL — RON RIEKKI
URBAN EQUINES — E.B. BARTELS
SHELTER IN PLACE — BRENT RYDIN
YOU'VE GOT YOUR RESOLUTIONS, WE JUST GOT RESERVATIONS — JUSTIN BROUCKAERT
THE SHREW — JANE LIDDLE
WE HAPPY FEW — TIMSTON JOHNSTON
OCTOBER 2014
PAINT JOB — TATIANA RYCKMAN
SUPERHERO — GARY BERG
YOU'RE GOING TO BLACKMAIL THE PET PSYCHIC — JOHN JODZIO
BEES (A HOMETOWN STORY) — CARMEN LAU
KNOW IT ALL — TODD MERCER
SHOPLIFTING — LAURA CITINO
EPITHALAMION — CEZARIJA ABARTIS
GOLF BALLS — DANIEL W. THOMPSON
AVOIDANCES — J. ALAN MONTROSE
NOVEMBER 2014
THE SABBATH BRIDE — CHARLES BANE, JR.
CAN'T YOU FEEL THE HEAT BETWEEN US — SAMANTHA MEMI
IN RESPONSE — KIRBY JOHNSON
BENEATH THE ROSES — TREVOR DODGE
THAT'S WHAT YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS — CHRISTOPHER DAVID DiCICCO
BEEF JERKY — ALLISON LEE
ULYSSES' INTERLUDE (2) — DANIEL A. NICHOLLS
A PREDICTION OF JANE — KEVIN BAKER
DECEMBER 2014
HISTORY — NICK BEVAN
SAY NOT REALLY — ADAM SCHUITEMA
TIME AND SPACE — WILLIAM DAVIDSON
SKILLET — IAN D. WALLACE
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