miCRo

Associate Editor Kate Jayroe: Dorf’s patient scrutiny surrounding cause and effect commingles so wonderfully with the iterative formal moves of this flash fiction. Dynamic and profound, “Conditional” cultivates a deep and singular feeling of care. Conditional If after   a bad night I need someone to blame, there are so many candidates. Streetlights. My left knee. The mystery set …

Associate Editor Kate Jayroe: Katz’s crisp prose takes us up, up, and into the naturalistically surreal. As we ascend and then descend, quiet revelations about belonging and home come to the forefront. Listen to Katz read her miCRo: On the Ridge We went walking in the ranchlands looking for a petrified log. Let our feet …

Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: In “Heart,” David James Poissant shows how information can be revealed slowly and deliberately in a piece of flash fiction. The story begins with a drinking game and builds to a complicated lesson about the body and memory. Listen to Poissant read the story: Heart It was one of those drinking …

Assistant Editor Jess Jelsma Masterton: Whenever I read or teach a piece of fiction, I always think about movement. As a reader, what pulls me through the piece? What keeps me racing toward the end? In Tanya Whiton’s “Up,” movement works on both a literal and figurative level. The piece begins with physical movement, the …