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  • Issue 52: Moon

    Issue 52: Moon

    In these poems, we present four very different moons, and the worlds they illuminate….

    • The driver by Peter Leroe-Muñoz
    • Endarkenment(s) by Omenyi Tangelo
    • Dark Sky Country by Patricia Farrell
    • dog star by Christine Knight

     


    In other news…

    • Congratulations to our Best of the Net & Best Microfiction nominees.  We wish you the best of luck in the next stages of these award anthologies!
    • We are accepting entries to our annual prose poetry contest until 15 Oct 26. You can find out more and submit work via Duosuma.
    • We are currently reading ekphrastic prose poem where the art and poetry have been created by the same person.  Details and guidelines can be found here.

     

    Photography by Sergio Serjão via Pixabay.

     

    5 October 2026

  • dog star

    dog star
    by Christine Knight

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    5 October 2026

  • Dark Sky Country

    Dark Sky Country
    by Patricia Farrell

    (more…)

    5 October 2026

  • Endarkenment(s)

    Endarkenment(s)
    by Omenyi Tangelo

    (more…)

    5 October 2026

  • The driver

    The driver
    by Peter Leroe-Muñoz

    (more…)

    5 October 2026

  • 2026 Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions Nominations

    We are delighted to have the chance to nominate work for both Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions.

    Because Best Small Fictions has changed publisher and are changing their publication timetable, we were able to submit our 2025 and 2026 nominations together this year.

    Congratulations to the following authors:

    Best Small Fictions 2026

    • 36DD by Yashasvi Vachhani
    • after forty years of marriage June became a trout by Alexina Dalgetty
    • March by Fred Muratori
    • Mission Street by Peter Leroe-Muñoz
    • Mother Needs by Elena Zhang

    Best Small Fictions 2025

    • Husband Stitch by Nikita Deshpande
    • Sofa/Headphones/An Old Walther PPK by Rachel R. Baum
    • The Game by Hannah Linden
    • The Horseshoe Crab by Danielle Fontaine
    • The Tourist by Michelle Matthees

    Best of the Net 

    Poetry

    • Aeolus, Tinos by David Capps
    • Playback by Susan Eyre Coppock
    • Please Justify Your Paragraphs by Jennifer Weigel
    • Sisterhood by Yashasvi Vachhani
    • TANGERINE by Kristina Erny
    • The Noise of this House by Sean Thomas Dougherty

    Fiction

    • Lake Crossings by Lucinda Trew
    • The Book of Flies by Jan Conn

    Non-fiction

    • Sympathy Cards by Lucia Owen
    • The Sidewalk on C Street by Sheri Flowers Anderson

    Art

    • From Here to There, with The Book of Flies by Jan Conn
    • Pomegranate, with Pomegranate by Kelly Houle
    • Long After (with What You’ll Do: The List by Anne Anthony
    5 October 2026

  • Issue 51: Direction


    Issue 51: Direction

    As we move gently into autumn, here are five poems that take us in different directions….

    • One Direction by Oz Hardwick
    • Gift Economy by Sarp Sozdinler
    • Country Store by Sara McAulay
    • Happening by Mette Norrie
    • Subconscious Ode to Ponce de Leon by DL Pravda

     


    Photo by Frank Schrader via Pexels.

    21 September 2026

  • Subconscious Ode to Ponce de Leon

    Subconscious Ode to Ponce de Leon
    by DL Pravda

    (more…)

    21 September 2026

  • Happening

    Happening
    by Mette Norrie

    (more…)

    21 September 2026

  • Country Store

    Country Store
    by Sara McAulay

    (more…)

    21 September 2026

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