miCRo: “Apocalypse” by Lisa Alletson
Lisa Alletson’s “Apocalypse” is perfect both for the spooky season and for the anxious writer in all seasons.
miCRo: “Sea of Love” by Molly Sentell Haile
Molly Sentell Haile’s flash fiction story, “Sea of Love,” ponders how quickly the natural world and external forces can breach the safeguards of home and family.
miCRo: “State Park” by Kirstin Allio
The body was held at the Beer, Wine, Worms shack on the back side of the lake where men recreated without their women.
miCRo: three pieces by Joe Kapitan
Three interwoven flash essays about the south that move from a sense of menace to hope.
miCRo: “Blue Yarn” by Jackie Craven
In the prose poem “Blue Yarn,” Jackie Craven unsettles our understanding of domestic spaces.
miCRo: “Evening Caller” by Kate McIntyre
Kate McIntyre’s story has a surreal, uneasy humor and sharp scenic details: a velvet robe, a spine, a cord…
miCRo: “When He Heard about the Y2K Bug” by Addison Zeller
Addison Zeller creates a portrait of a father who is both protective of his family and hungry for apocalypse.
miCRo: “After After” by Uyen Phuong Dang
Dang’s “After After” captures the reverberating effects of violence and echoes the surrealism of war.
miCRo: “Black Snow” by Andrea Jurjević
In this evocative prose poem, time and distance are measured in objects, observations, and daily routine.
miCRo: “The White Door” by Sally Rosen Kindred
In this poem by Sally Rosen Kindred, unexpected childhood remembrances carry with them a sense of mourning.
miCRo: “Drowned” by Lucian Mattison
A near-drowning raises questions about faith and testimony in this poem by Lucian Mattison.
miCRo: “Next Stop, Beijing” by Aiden Heung
There’s a feeling of inevitability about trains—a stubbornness in the way a train moves along its track without deviation.
