Giving Pets a Home for the Holidays by Shaindel Beers
We’ve all seen holiday commercials where children pad down the stairs in their matching Christmas pajamas to find a puppy or a kitten...
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You Can’t Take This from Me, FIFA:
On the World Cup, Parenthood, and Extracted Joy from Broken Systems by Jacob Nantz My son is three weeks old and rests on my chest just...
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A Review of Joan Kwon Glass’ Night Swim by Terri Linn Davis
If I allow myself to sit with the feeling, to name what comes after losing someone to suicide, my thoughts, as always, drift to metaphor;...
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A Review of Joan Kwon Glass' How to Make Pancakes for a Dead Boy by Daniel Flosi
One of the most fascinating things about writing, to me, is connecting an experience and emotion with a reader. It’s thrilling, really....
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Fall 22 Contest - Free Entries Raffle for Writers in Need
Greetings readers, The winner of the spring 2022 Poetry Prize, Sabrina Hicks, has generously donated her winnings toward free entries to...
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Embrace the Fictional Spiral: An Interview with Darren C. Demaree
By Elizabeth Walztoni Darren C. Demaree's latest book, a collection of prose poems entitled clawing at the grounded moon, was recently...
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What Victory Living
A Review of Darren C. Demaree's clawing at the grounded moon By Ike Pickett A book of urgency and catastrophe, Darren C. Demaree’s...
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Technology and Human Connection
A Review of Yuvi Zalkow’s I Only Cry with Emoticons. By Jillian Pincus Yuvi Zalkow’s I Only Cry with Emoticons tells the story of a...
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Spring 2022 Poetry & Flash Fiction Contest Shortlists
Five South held two contests concurrently this past Spring. One for Flash Fiction & one for Poetry. Overall, the submissions were of...
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New Emotions, Challenges, and Triumphs. Interview with Guest Flash Fiction Judge Madeline Anthes.
Our Spring 2022 Flash Fiction Contest will be judged by Madeline Anthes, who brings a wealth of experience to the position. She has...
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Review: Ursula Lake. "A Joyful Spot on the Fishing Trip of a Lifetime" by David Nash
Can a smile cast with sincerity be anything but good? That’s one of the many questions Charles Harper Webb poses in his novel, Ursula...
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Oh, You’re a Mean Old Daddy, but You’re Out of Sight
A Review of Jayne Martin's The Daddy Chronicles. By Dave Nash “Memory is like shards of glass from a broken mirror where pieces have gone...
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Compassionate Humor: On John Weir's "Your Nostalgia is Killing Me"
By Jessica Willingham John Weir’s linked stories explore sexuality and separation through platonic love, activism, art, and death — in a...
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Madeline Anthes, Our 2022 Spring Flash Fiction Prize Guest Judge
The Five South Prize in Short Fiction celebrates both emerging and established talent. This year's prize is judged by Madeline Anthes....
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Backstory: Issue 4 Art by Dave Gregory
Conservative estimate: I have some 30,000 photos from my days as a tour manager for a major cruise line. Combing them for images to...
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Nominations for Best Short Fictions
We're thrilled to announce our nominations for Sonder Press' Best Short Fictions Anthology. Congratulations to these five great authors! ...
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