Still Here: Not Dead Yet and Other Stories by Hadley Moore
Not Dead Yet and Other Stories by Hadley Moore (Autumn House Press, 2019). When my husband and I are back in his hometown, we make a daily visit…
Bubble Time
Today his world was not serene, because just before lunch, Menser lost his cuff key. A pleasing day would be O’Brien working on Max with enough Bubble time to…
The Use of Pain
Pinning As a child I was terrified of bugs, so I made illustrated catalogs of them. Encounters with real insects meant tears and fits, yet I forced myself to…
The Sound of the Crashing
Who’s to say what prompted this. Who’s to say if this display of bodily might, this performance of scorned womanhood, is justified, justifying some wrongdoing, some emotion repressed. The…
The Blue Bull of Bayou Bonne Chance
Maidencane isn’t half as elegant as it sounds. Not even close. When I came across the plant’s name in a copy of Gulf Coast Flora I had checked out…
2019 Salamander Fiction Contest Winners
Very excited to announce the finalists and winners of our 2019 Fiction Contest, judged by Wayétu Moore. Thanks so much to all the contest entrants for such high-quality work, to…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2019 Results
Winner Christina Leo, "The Blue Bull" Second Place Michael Howerton, "Hopewell" Finalists Catalina Bode, "A Bedroom in the Kitchen" Shubha Venugopal, "Belonging" Steven Fromm, "Po-Ya 6" Ethan Feuer, "Quartering winds"…
The Art of Seeing: The Arrangements by Kate Colby
The Arrangements by Kate Colby (Four Way Books, 2018). “Were we born with eyes / or when we saw ourselves // seeing?” Kate Colby asks in “The Beholder,”…
Take Me Home, Country Roads: Let Me Out Here: Stories by Emily W. Pease
Let Me Out Here: Stories by Emily W. Pease (Hub City Press, 2019). If the cover image of Emily W. Pease’s new short story collection—a stone-faced little girl…
No Other Way Out of Away: House is an Enigma by Emma Bolden
House is an Enigma by Emma Bolden (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2018). Emma Bolden’s House is an Enigma lives inside a continual unfolding, moving fluidly and fluently…