🔆 The Summer 2025 issue is now live! 🔆 Check out these works that contain intriguing and troubling characters, moving and philosophical plots, and everything else you could ever want in good fiction! You can read these stories right now on our website (link in bio)! 💚

“Nothing can make Franco puke. Not ipecac, not salty coffee, not too much beer. Nothing.” There are more strange things to discover about Franco in Nat Falkenheim’s short story “Sea Gods,” available to read now on https://t.co/jPnWCvaK5g ! Don’t miss out on this eerie piece! 🌊

Here’s what managing editor Mackenzie is looking for in submissions: “When writing can pull me in not only with plot and character, but with its precise diction as well, it really feels like I’ve found something special.” Have a story that fits? Send it our way! (Link in bio).

Hey! 🗣️ Did you know our submissions are open year round? We’re looking for fiction of all genres ranging from flash up to 10,000 words in length. Find the submission form and guidelines on our website https://t.co/jPnWCvbhUO. Can’t wait to read your fiction! 💚

“First, look for a window of opportunity instead of a clearly marked exit. This will be your way out.” Read Rae Mariz’s “How to Disappear, Phase-shift, Vanish or Otherwise Escape a Place You Don’t Want to Be” in Issue 13. It’s available at https://t.co/jPnWCvaK5g now!

“I met him at the Campus Catholic Center. Sounds like the start of a bad pop song. And it made about that much sense. I wasn’t religious.” Robert Schwoch’s “Act of God,” a beautiful story about religion and sexuality, can be read in Issue 13 on our website now! Don’t miss it!

“Orpheus was nineteen years old and packing up sound equipment from a set on Austin’s Sixth Street when his agent ‘found’ him.” Interested in this contemporary retelling of a classic myth? Check out “Muse Alone with Orpheus (2018)” by Ellie Rose Mattoon on our website now!

“‘I do not like to go to forgotten places,’ my son tells me on the way to the pool party for Parker, the boy in his class who scares him.” Want to find out what happens at this ominous pool party? Terry Dubow’s story “Prey” is now available to read in issue 13!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table at AWP last week! We got to say hello to some of the writers we’ve published, checked in with other lit mags, and got to meet a bunch of new people! What a great conference! 💚

📣Attention! 📣 We’re going to be at #AWP In Los Angeles next week! Come stop by our table on the book fair floor to see physical copies of some of our issues, chapbooks, Emerald City t-shirts, and more! We can’t wait to see you! 🫶

✨Issue #13 is live! Featuring work from Terry Dubow, Rae Mariz, Ellie Rose Mattoon, and Robert Schwoch, this is an issue you won’t want to miss! It’s available to read now at https://t.co/jPnWCvaK5g (link in bio). Trust me, these stories are worth it! ✨

“When I think of my mom’s family, I think of the Christmas party they held on the third Sunday of every December, and, more specifically, of the white elephant gift exchange . . .” The entirety of T.I.M. Wirkus’s “The Scarf” is available to read through the link on our bio! 🧣

🗣️ Hey! If you’re a fiction writer and have a short story or some flash fiction pieces looking for a home, we’d love to read them! You can check out our guidelines, past issues, and submit your work to us at https://t.co/jPnWCvaK5g . We can’t wait to read your fiction! 💚

Here’s a tip Editor-in-Chief Chase has for submitters!: “Don’t be afraid to be weird. If there’s some aspect of your story that you feel might be a bit too much, try going even further.” Do you have a story that you think Chase might like? Send it our way (link in bio)!

“This is not my landscape: the desert below in miniature, the houses and roads rolled out on a brown grid, the skin skimming the black husks of volcanoes.” Want to keep reading “This Is Not My Landscape” by Melanie Unruh? It can be found on our website in our 12th issue!

Hey 👀 pst . . . did you know we’re open for submissions? We’re on the lookout for great new stories and flash fiction pieces, so send them our way! You can read our guidelines and submit via our website https://t.co/jPnWCvaK5g or reach out to us if you have any questions! 💚

We are so excited to announce these two wonderful stories as our Best of the Net nominations! Diamond Braxton’s “Last Groove” (Issue 8) and Lydia O’Donnell’s “Dive” (Issue 9) are two powerful and moving stories you should definitely check out! Seriously, you’re missing out 🫵

“Dr. Doom entered the classroom after students arrived and sat in back, planting shoe heels on the desk in front of him. A few students, including Minah, snipped glimpses of the odd man . . .” “Dr. Doom & The Messenger” by William Luvaas is available to read on our website!

This is what assistant editor Ashton is looking for in submissions: “I’m looking for strong motivation. If there is no motivation, then there is no story.” Think you have a story that fits the bill? Find our guidelines and send it our way through the link in our bio!

💚 We’re open for submissions! If you’re a fiction writer, we want to read your work! You can find our submission guidelines on our website (linked in bio) or reach out to us if you have any questions. We can’t wait to read your writing! 💚