I have always chased water. From my early summers on Little Bass Lake in northern Michigan to living on Beaver Island, then Nantucket, then Boston and New York and eventually on a houseboat in Sausalito, the ocean and lakes of my life have always been a place of inspiration and…

by Patricia Wellingham-Jones Our truck-minderwears a dirty shirtover grimy shortsover dust-choked bare toes, flashes white smileand liquid eyesin calculatedyouth-filled charm. He is joined by twotiny car-watchers in trainingwho heap little piles of gravelon our bumper. We place a coinin each beseeching palm.Screeching like parrotsthey race for candy nearby. One week,many…

All the photos in the “Over-the-Line’” section are found photos. We wish we knew the photographer, because we have questions!

We did a fun thing! And maybe talked too much. Garrett Souliere, of Quibble Lit, had publisher Brett Van Emst on this week for a awesome episode of Sunday SubDays, Quibble Lit’s indie lit podcast, to discuss the story and spirit behind Lit Mag Week. You can check it out:…

Hey fans of literary magazine (even if you don’t call them that (we don’t either (in fact, we don’t like that name)))! Rejoice! On Sept 28, Midnight Mind Magazine and just over 100 other literary magazines are celebrating #LitMagWeek. Small press publications will be offering discounts and behind the scenes…

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A poem by Tom Short