Dylan Nice

She had me riding a ten-speed down a reclaimed railroad bed. She was talking about things she liked while I thought of things I did not like. I did not like her house. I did not like its drywall. Its central air and Disney-themed snow globes ordered from a catalogue inside of a corner cabinet ... Full Story, Comments (1)

Mary Miller

I read Randall Brown’s prize-winning chapbook Mad to Live in an hour, an hour and a half, and was sorry it didn’t last longer.  Soon, no doubt, I will have an entire book of his stories, especially considering how quickly Flume Press sold out of the 500 copies printed.  And ... Full Story, Comments (1)

James Grinwis

After assembling and putting on most of my own equipment, I coaxed the dog from cowering in the hold with a bowl of bacon and latched the buoyancy compensator, balloon mask, and fins to his trembling frame. “Don’t worry, Kip,” I encouraged, “the first step is always the ... Full Story

Claudia Smith

Someone gave them a blender after they got married in Vegas; the blender made them both happy, because it was fancy and probably cost more than all their garage-sale clothes and furniture combined. In the mornings, she made smoothies. She bought the fruits she grew up with but were harder to ... Full Story, Comments (5)

Thomas Israel Hopkins

Many wring their hands over the fate of the physical book, today’s threats to literary culture, but who remembers the various and sundry dangers posed to our libraries of yesteryear? Sheets of white paper pressed from wood pulp or cotton, printed with sequences of letters in neat and ... Full Story, Comments (2)

Jennifer Pieroni

Statistically speaking, if you’re going to pick up a random back issue of Quick Fiction you have a 38 percent chance of getting wowed by Kim Chinquee’s incredible talent. Her work has appeared in five issues (6, 7, 9, 12, 13) of Quick Fiction and in over a hundred other journals, ... Full Story, Comments (2)