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Rodney & Chelsea

By Kathy Fish

1. Tangerines Rodney and Chelsea have decided this is the day. They are sixteen years old and they are in…

Connect the Dots Love

By Sarah Fawn Montgomery

N says we’re looking for that Leo and Kate love that crashes sudden, veins fire and ice, the kind where…

A Guide to Small Town Ghosts

By Regan Puckett

“A Guide to Small Town Ghosts” is actually four linked micro-stories, each of which devises and fulfills its own narrative…

The Changeling

By Sarah Boudreau

Some works of fantasy make you feel that they are not ornamenting reality so much as unearthing one of its…

A Too Small Room

By Yume Kitasei

Like a Grimms’ fairy tale transported to Japan, “A Too Small Room” proceeds through a world whose houses, forests, and…

god at the side of the road

By A. Poythress

“god at the side of the road” has the quality of folklore from centuries ago and worlds away that’s somehow…

The Bone Child

By Meagan Johanson

I found the development in the final section of this story genuinely frightening—a dark fantasy in which the element of…

the 2021 fractured lit Anthology prize shortlist

By Fractured Lit
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We’re so excited to announce the 34 titles of our shortlist! These stories are so good we’ve decided to publish…

Blue Mama

By Emma Brewer

Without thinking too deeply about it we presume ourselves to be adequate parents. The baseline assumption is that we would…

the 2021 fractured lit Anthology prize longlist

By Fractured Lit
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We’re so excited to announce the 62 titles of our longlist! The submissions we received were so resonant, engaging, and…

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