Fiction: In Vain the Snake Slides by Jad Josey
“If a man looks to have been drinking, steer clear of em, Jenner. You hear?” Auntie’s eyes were sharp and clear. I had never seen them any other way. […]
Call for Submissions: End of 83 Magazine
Submissions are now being accepted at End of 83, a literary magazine published online and in print by the Baltimore Writing Hour, a public writing group in Baltimore, MD. End of 83 […]
Review: She Named Him Michael by Heather Rounds (reviewed by Kristen Russell)
She Named Him Michael by Heather Rounds Ink Press Productions, 2017 69 Pages, $13.00 http://www.inkpressproductions.com/_p/prd1/4617196321/product/she-named-him-michael-pre-sale She Named Him Michael by Heather Rounds, starts out with a small family who […]
Made to Break Your Heart: An Interview with Richard Fellinger
Richard Fellinger is an award-winning short story writer and former journalist who teaches writing at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. His story collection, They Hover Over Us, won the 2011 […]
Review: Behind the Moon by Madison Smartt Bell (reviewed by Ellory McLamb)
Behind the Moon By Madison Smartt Bell 280 Pages City Lights Books, 2017 ISBN: 978-0-87286-736-9 Madison Smartt Bell, a past finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner […]
Review: Deer Michigan by Jack C. Buck (reviewed by Amelia White)
Deer Michigan by Jack C. Buck 98 Pages Truth Serum Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1925536256 Deer Michigan by Jack Buck is a collection of flash fiction that draws its […]
Wigleaf Top 50 and Longlist Honors!
We’re proud to have so many of our contributors’ stories in jmww recognized in this year’s wigleaf Top 50 and longlist: Top 50 Tara Laskowski, “The Jar,” JMWW (August 2016) […]
Essay: Invasive/Invading by Justin Lawrence Daugherty
A painting supposedly produced before 1945 that contains traces of strontium-90 and caesium-137 is most likely a forgery: these isotopes do not occur naturally and are produced in nuclear explosions, […]
She Does Not Have to Burn by Alison Wisdom
The sun is not the jealous type. He doesn’t feel the need to be, and why would he? He warms us and gives us light; he makes things grow. Look […]
Friday Reads: Lydia Davis in “Conjunctions”
Welcome to our new column “Friday Reads,” featuring stories of the archives of jmww. Kick back, grab a comfy chair, and start your weekend off with beautiful, provocative, startling, unforgettable […]
