X-R-A-Y has just an amazing thing going. They celebrate beautifully condensed flash with brilliant images, flash that stops your heart. I...

I miss him every single day. And missing him means I also miss my mama, and everyone we've lost, and we're losing more every day now. I a...

Sheltering in place, avoiding every sneeze, feeling the sorrow of lost connection, but we're in this together. The upsides: bike rides, l...

JMWW nominated my story Cabin on a Far Shore for a Pushcart Prize. Initially started by Anaïs Nin, Buckminster Fuller, Gordon Lish and ma...

My little baby has arrived. Order here: https://www.thesonderpress.com/best-small-fictions-2019

I am in some fine company in this anthology. It's available for pre-order and will be out in November. Holy smokes, folx. You can order h...

It was the day before my husband's birthday. I was working on a failing, hopeless political campaign. Our house was a wreck, and I was bu...

We received word in February of the possibility, but we had to keep it a secret—WWU alumni Death Cab for Cutie and ODESZA were coming for...

This year, I committed to NaPoWriMo, and man, was it a marathon. I played with forms, including Jericho Brown's new form, the duplex. I w...

If you attended AWP in Portland, you may have happened upon the Salamander table, and if you have, you may have found a postcard with an ...

I'll be reading at 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 21 at the Spark Museum for the Muse Reading Series! Please clap.

I'm going to divulge a secret: I don't get to write very often. I know, right? Turns out a full time job, an eight-year-old, and a thousa...

Gina Barreca asked her Facebook fans "What is your post-apocalyptic life skill?" Herein you'll find my answer.

Lisa literally deconstructs the AR-15, the most common gun for shooting large numbers of people within a short period of time. A weapon o...

stories, poems, and essays from all around the web that are well worth reading. As and avid reader and as fiction editor of Contrary Maga...

I don't mean the cocktail, though I will post my favorite recipe for that, too. When it comes to my personal creative work, I never reall...

Flash. It's what's for dinner. And lunch. And bus rides and coffee breaks. When I first took my editorial position at Contrary Magazine, ...

Inspired by Cheryl Strayed's incredible book "Wild," I explore the things that can and do make camping terrible. Previously published her...

previously published here I have no idea what is happening in this photo. Without guys like Bobby Wagner, K.J. Wright and the guys along ...