ONE QUESTION: Willie Davis
August 3, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Willie Davis, author of Nightwolf, “Why don’t your characters ever fall in love?” By Willie Davis The question…
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Excerpt: NIGHTWOLF by Willie Davis
August 3, 2018
The Alaska Scam It started with a miracle.  It was a useless miracle, but it still counted as a jaw-dropper,…
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Hypertext Interview with John McNally
July 27, 2018
By Christine Rice For nearly 20 years, John McNally has been busy writing novels, books on craft, essay collections, short…
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Excerpt: John McNally’s THE PROMISE OF FAILURE
July 27, 2018
THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN, REDUX DEPRESSION AND FAILURE By John McNally Writing a book saved my…
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Me and Only Me by Matthew Turkot
July 27, 2018
“Come on, Ella,” I plead, pulling on the leash, “just fucking go already.” I’ve been outside in the rain for…
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ONE QUESTION: Sarah Ward
July 24, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Sarah Ward, author of Aesop Lake, “What makes Aesop Lake a unique book for young adults in today’s…
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Excerpt: Sarah Ward’s AESOP LAKE
July 24, 2018
Ricky’s chest moves up and down, but some­times his breath is uneven. His skin is cold and clammy. I need…
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ONE QUESTION: Greg Olear
July 19, 2018
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED GREG OLEAR, AUTHOR OF DIRTY RUBLES: AN INTRODUCTION TO TRUMP/RUSSIA, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN…
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Excerpt: Greg Olear’s Dirty Rubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia
July 19, 2018
Let’s begin with the lies—or, rather, with one lie, the same lie that was repeated time and time again. The…
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The Burden of Me by David Klose
July 11, 2018
This is Thomas as he takes a deep drag from his pen cap, calling his mother’s name. Lauren. Tonight is…
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Motor Skills by Claire Hopple
July 9, 2018
I finally met your mother but not in the way I had always imagined it. She had taken me for…
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The Rescue by Heather Denniss
June 29, 2018
At the center of the bridge, at the spot she guessed to be the span’s exact center, Laura Mae stopped.…
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My Bed and Others by Patricia Ann McNair
June 29, 2018
Doing the dishes with the radio on. The orange man in the white house claims he has been affected by…
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Hypertext Interview With Anya Krugovoy Silver
June 22, 2018
By Karen Halvorsen Schreck Beauty might save the world. At least it might be our best shot. Read any poem by Anya Krugovoy…
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Big Family by Christine Sneed
June 11, 2018
She and Harold had seven children! How on earth had this happened? some of her friends, all with fewer or…
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Clammy Hands by Peter Ferry
June 5, 2018
What if your hands hadn’t been clammy that morning? What if you didn’t smoke so that the night before when…
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ONE QUESTION: Erin Dorney
May 31, 2018
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED ERIN DORNEY, AUTHOR OF I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE: POEMS AFTER SHIA LABEOUF, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU…
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Excerpt From Erin Dorney’s I Am Not Famous Anymore
May 31, 2018
WHATEVER BRINGS ME CLOSER you               you               you you …
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The Return by Yen Ha
May 29, 2018
The summer her mind reappeared for the first time in over a decade, she had packed the three kids, her…
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Teaching Water How To Drown by Doro Boehme
May 23, 2018
“Have you had any prior testing done on the area being scanned today?” Since treatments started, Laika has come here…
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Visits by Gint Aras
May 17, 2018
WINTER It was quiet enough for Farem to hear the cigarette crackle as he smoked. The window was wide open…
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Awake by Gail Wallace Bozzano
May 15, 2018
I’m the reason we live at Grandma’s. Me, and Vasili. One early spring night Mom brought him home from the…
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Wheels by Garnett Kilberg Cohen
May 10, 2018
Ace Rivers leaned into the wind as he walked. He knew if he stood up straight, he would be blown…
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HYPERTEXT REVIEW EXCERPT
May 8, 2018
ICE DREAMS BY TONI NEALIE Andriy, gutting fish on the deck for Vira to fry for dinner, hears a plane’s…
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The 100-Year-Old Birthday Girl
May 3, 2018
  SCOTT ATKINSON The elf was at ease, completely comfortable. It made you wonder. I certainly wasn’t comfortable, not looking…
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HYPERTEXT REVIEW – FLASH FICTION
May 2, 2018
MARIA BY KATHLEEN QUIGLEY Maria stands inside the crumbling barn, dressed as if going on a date. Her dress gapes…
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The Clique Gospels by Shoshana Akabas
April 30, 2018
On what to do in physics lab when your lab partner / best friend / only friend dies. I’d been…
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Amazement by Anya Silver
April 19, 2018
I am cultivating amazement,an emotion I rarely catch anymore. Ilook around and marvel. Marvelous that my mother found a batch…
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HYPERTEXT REVIEW EXCERPT
April 18, 2018
WORK IS WHAT IT IS (FOR PHILIP LEVINE) BY NIC CUSTER   Work is when and if you can get…
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Covey by Natasha Mijares
April 17, 2018
A family of tickings whirin white strata.Bellies wet and buoyant,backs dry and dawdling. What do we sing in our familiesthat…
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