Writers’ Day Jobs: Alice McCormick
Alice McCormick, a writer and small animal veterinarian.
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The Look of It: Visual Elements of Fiction
A book isn’t just words tossed into the ether. The choices made around how to contain those words matter, too. The artistic intent stretches beyond the ephemeral.
Flash Fiction Mood Ring: What to read when you’re feeling ineffable
A flash story is the perfect size to enjoy with your morning cup of coffee—instead of, y’know, beginning the doomscroll that will carry you (read: me) through to lunchtime.
Softening Your Heart: A Strategy for Ending Essays
Contributor Natalie Villacorta teaches us how to use the act of letting go to make better writing.
Writing Silence in Fiction: Craft Review of Natalia Theodoridou’s Sour Cherry
Mialise Carney reviews Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou, a reimagining of Bluebeard stories
A Nostalgic Look at the Virtual Literary Scene of Yore
Do you find yourself, at the end of the year, feeling quite Janus-like? Simultaneously reviewing the past while looking forward to the future? I certainly do.
Folio: The Uncanny and Strange
In this folio to accompany issue 22.2, five writers explore elements of horror.
V. Hansmann, Innkeeper
Assistant Editor Blessing Christopher: V. Hansmann opened Prospect Street Writers House three years ago. The residency now occupies a spot that was once a derelict nursing home. In September, I traveled to North Bennington, Vermont, for my annual retreat at the center. Every night, while gathered around the dining table, I would talk to V …
Liminal Spaces in Poetry
Associate Editor Andy Sia on eerie and liminal spaces.
Finishing Sentences: An Interview with Brian Trapp about Humor, Disability, and Twinship in his debut novel Range of Motion
CR contributor Anya Groner interviews former editor Brian Trapp about his new novel, RANGE OF MOTION.