Dave Alcock’s new flash collection, Things Like This, was recently released by Arroyo Seco press. The early reviews are brilliant! I’m looking forward to diving into the book. Thanks to Dave for answering my questions! *** Myna: Tell us about Things Like This! Who are your characters? What themes do you explore? Dave: Things Like … Continue reading Author Interview * Dave Alcock →

A snippet of incredibly weird poetry, posted on Bluesky, led me to Piżama Press. The poetry excerpt came from Disintegration Made Plain and Easy, a collection by poet Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi published by Piżama. Reading this collection was a wild experience – I kept showing it my family & friends, saying “WTF? Read this!” I’m happy … Continue reading Publisher Interview * Piżama Press →

Ten Years of Sword & Kettle Press is a gorgeous new anthology featuring fairy tales, myths, speculative poetry, horror, solarpunk, and sci-fi. The pieces are drawn from Sword & Kettle’s library. Big thanks to the S&K team, Kay Marlow Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jude Gardner, for answering my questions! ***   Myna: Tell us about … Continue reading Publisher Interview * Sword & Kettle Press →

  Check out this cool new award: The InkMark, for small and mid-sized speculative magazines. Help us spread the word! From the sponsors: There’re a lot of spec magazines and journals out there publishing very cool stuff that gets overlooked by the major awards, and we’d like to fix that. This is a goal I’m … Continue reading Cool New Award! →

Caroline Bock is one of the culprits who turned me on to flash fiction years ago. She’s a great teacher! She’s also skilled at launching and managing all sorts of projects, as you’ll see in this interview. Her new novel, The Other Beautiful People (Regal House), will be released in June. I appreciate Caroline sharing … Continue reading Author Interview * Caroline Bock →

Welcome to this special guest-edited issue, featuring poetry recommendations by Ai Jiang! I met Ai through an online writing group several years ago. Watching her career soar has been such a treat. Ai’s dedication and focus is admirable. I’m grateful for her generosity, not only in editing this poetry issue, but also for her willingness … Continue reading Special Issue * Poetry Recs from Ai Jiang →

I maintain a list of my all-time favorite flash & micro stories. It’s a big list! And a large number of those beloved pieces were written by Gillian O’Shaughnessy. Gillian’s stories distill strong emotion and memorable characters. I’m particularly drawn to her stories that feature fantastical elements; she has a knack for weaving speculative images … Continue reading Author Interview * Gillian O’Shaughnessy →

Eric Scot Tryon’s novel, I’m the Undertow (Central Avenue), was released on May 5. Excitement about the book has been building, with stellar reviews from early readers and a flurry of high-profile launch events. I appreciate Eric making time for my questions! *** Myna: Tell us about I’m The Undertow! Who are your characters? What … Continue reading Author Interview * Eric Scot Tryon →

  A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count isn’t as important as the emotion, the adventure, the sense of wonder. Including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the spaces in between. *** Starting with a … Continue reading Flash Roundup * March/April 2026 →

Ivy Grimes’ new novel, The Cellar Below the Cellar, came out in March from Violet Lichen, an imprint of Apex Books. About the book, Apex says: “A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless auroras.” Ivy has … Continue reading Author Interview * Ivy Grimes →