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Ghost Parachute: Five Years of Accelerating Flash

October 27, 2021 By Rachel Kolman

I get a little thrill on the first of the month when I see Ghost Parachute post on my timeline: “The <insert month> issue is here!” It’s such an easy click though on the gorgeous artwork to explore the handful of new stories, finding writers old and new, and discovering a line, an image, an […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: anniversary, essay, flash fiction, Ghost parachute, nonfiction, Rachel Kolman

Dexter, The Lumberjack Years

August 5, 2021 By Genevieve Anna Tyrrell

We were all disappointed in Showtime’s ending for the Dexter series, starring Michael C. Hall. Years ago, John King (The Drunken Odyssey Podcast) held a fan fiction night in downtown Orlando. This is the piece I read that night. And given the latest announcement of the Dexter reboot (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA-oCTUrNfE ), we’d like to share The […]

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The Thing About Grief

February 21, 2021 By Len Kuntz

Last month, my son came to visit and was home for all of an hour when he received a devastating phone call, news that would send him into the kind of hysterics I’ve never witnessed. He was half shrieking, half screaming. He was punching walls. Hyperventilating. Pacing in broken circles. Mashing fists into his face. […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: essay, Grief, Len Kuntz, nonfiction, Writing

On Pink Fluff and Other Notable Traditions

December 7, 2020 By Epiphany Ferrell

I’ve spent plenty of holidays alone. One of my best holiday memories is the year I was first truly independent and on my own, riding my horse with a foot of snow already on the ground and more of it coming in giant, floury flakes, on a quiet Christmas morning. It was like being inside […]

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Pushcart Prize Nominations

November 28, 2020 By Announcement

This year’s nominees: The River at Dawn by Evan James Sheldon Those Who Grow Horns by Miranda Williams Beehive by Karen Gonzalez-Videla July, 1944 by Shaemus Spencer Two Moons and a Hummingbird by Jo Varnish Hester’s Mom by MFC Feeley

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Evan James Sheldon, Jo Varnish, Karen Gonzalez-Videla, MFC Feeley, Miranda Williams, Pushcart nominations, Pushcart Prize, Shaemus Spencer

The Thing About Loneliness

October 29, 2020 By Len Kuntz

Loneliness is a trick your mind plays on you. It’s crafty and insidious, and it doesn’t like to lose. Loneliness is also a little bit scary. It’s actually a truth, not trickery at all. It both corrodes and guts you when you’re most empty. It laughs while deflating you, even when you had no air […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: creative nonfiction, essay, Len Kuntz, loneliness, nonfiction, Writing

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Best Small Fictions Nomations

January 21, 2023 By Brett Pribble

The Storming of Rome by Slawka G. Scarso Juicy Fruit by Katie Coleman You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive by Kathy Fish Eddie by David James Poissant Something Fierce and Unnamed by Tommy Dean

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