Issue #2 - connection

For our second issue, we are seeking creative memoir and insightful fiction that explores moments of connection, or the lack thereof. Connection can mean connection to a person, culture, institution, country, the universe, or oneself — anything, really.

We are partial to works narrated by cerebral or highly imaginative characters. We love magical realism and fabulism, where poignant metaphors often come out to play, but are equally open to realistic fiction. We are especially eager for genre-bending memoir that uses fantastical or magical elements to elaborate on a character’s inner world.

We are most eager to acquire fantastical fiction and nonfiction with depth comparable to the works of Franz Kafka, Aimee Bender, Karen Russell, and Haruki Murakami; thoughtful absurdist fiction such as the works of Jonathan Lethem and Gary Shteyngart; and reflective first-person nonfiction such as the essays of David Foster Wallace.

Guidelines

• Flash and short fiction up to 7,000 words

• All genres welcome, so long as the emphasis is on personal insight

• Simultaneous submissions welcome! Please let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere

Publication date: Spring 2025; print and digital formats

If your piece sounds like it may be a fit, we’d love to hear from you!