The new issue - “Cera” by Sian Cummins” - is really striking a chord with readers. See for yourself, even on-the-go with Google Currents!
Enjoy the new issue of fwriction : review—Sian Cummins’ short story, “Cera”—on your mobile device!
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When you’re fwriction : review’s editorial cat, Thursdays tucker you out.
This weekend in NYC, presented by The Uptown Collective, former fwriction : review contributor Robb Todd (“City From a Bridge”) will read from his new collection, Steal Me For Your Stories. Win.
Chosen by Sian Cummins, for her short story “Cera,” in the new issue of fwriction : review
The moon-faced fat mayor smiled and his triplicate chin wobbled. His thick rose-colored hand lay on the head of a child, who wasn’t dancing but reading. ‘What’re you reading,’ asked the mayor’s spouse. The girl cast down her eyes and said: ‘I’m reading the bible.’
Marcus Speh’s story took me apart.
In which fwriction : review’s inaugural contest, the Sidney W. Vernick Award in Nonfiction, gets some love from nonfiction powerhouse Brevity and Matthew Salesses, author of The Last Repatriate (the contest runner-up will receive a signed copy of the novella!).
Enjoy the latest issue of fwriction : review—Marcus Speh’s “Candy”—on your mobile device!
Exactly one year ago today, fwriction : review first published the fiction of Marcus Speh, with “Mother Burning.” Enjoy both today!
The Rubberbandits, I Wanna Fight Your Father (As Gaeilge): chosen for the Waffle-Rocking Playlist by Marcus Speh for his flash fiction, “Candy,” now live at fwriction : review
The powerful appearance of calligraphy”
Ben Nardolilli, “Most Celebrated Work”
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