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

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 am so grateful to the...

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

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

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 here: https://www.the...

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 busy trying to change ...

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 WWU Alumni Weekend....

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 worked in erasure. I ...

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 excerpt from my stor...

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 thousand other obligations...

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 of war. I am vehement...

stories, poems, and essays from all around the web that are well worth reading. As and avid reader and as fiction editor of Contrary Magazine, I read a lot o...

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 really let go of pen and ...

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, editor Jeff McMahon ...

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

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 the defensive line, ...