Tuesday, February 3, 2026

THE WRITING DISORDER – A Literary Journal

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Suzette Bishop Poetry

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Jaguar Erasure by Suzette Bishop As they got closer, the Jaguar sharpened his claws on the rock   wall off the last jaguar migration paths       bulldoze Arizona’s...
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Peycho Kanev Poetry

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Night Game by Peycho Kanev On some nightssleep just won’t come.Maybe because the catwon’t stop darting through the dark,chasing things onlyshe can see,or because the moon...

Jennifer Lagier Poetry

Richard Dinges, Jr. Poetry

Jim Murdoch Poetry

Tammy Smith Poetry

NEW NONFICTION WORK

THE BEST OF WINTER 2025/26

The Fantastic Art of Dan May

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Dan May is a modern narrative painter and illustrator whose work invites viewers into a surreal, emotionally rich world of imagination and quiet wonder. His...

James Joaquin Brewer Fiction

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Motion to Table by James Joaquin Brewer Glenda and her mother having recently moved into a one-bedroom apartment “furnished” with but one piece—an orphaned funeral-parlor folding...

Suzette Bishop Poetry

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Jaguar Erasure by Suzette Bishop As they got closer, the Jaguar sharpened his claws on the rock   wall off the last jaguar migration paths       bulldoze Arizona’s...

Caitlin Garvey Nonfiction

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Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco:Or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Caitlin Garvey "She only speaks Spanish, but she’s friendly," the case manager...

Peycho Kanev Poetry

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Night Game by Peycho Kanev On some nightssleep just won’t come.Maybe because the catwon’t stop darting through the dark,chasing things onlyshe can see,or because the moon...

Danyl A. Doyle Fiction

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Late March 1969 Way Too Wyrd by Danyl A. Doyle At track practice Devyn was failing at learning how to triple jump when his older sister skidded...

Adrienne Clarke Fiction

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Cherry Blossom Dreams by Adrienne Clarke Last night I dreamt of cherry blossoms again. The soft pink flowers trembled overhead, scattering petals that caressed my face...

Jennifer Lagier Poetry

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Wild Turkeys by Jennifer Lagier Feathery Ichabod Cranes on the lamemerge onto city streets from oak savanna.Lanky explorers mosey down sidewalksinto front yards where they decimate...

An Interview with Diane Josefowicz

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Short Fictions Fed on History & Lunacy & the Transactions of Care An Interview with Diane Josefowicz, writer of Guardians & Saints by Geri Lipschultz Diane Josefowicz’s...

Bill Vernon Fiction

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Accommodating Negatives by Bill Vernon Will Knox, age 83, opened his eyes but continued lying in his "warm nest," as his mother had always called it....

Richard Dinges, Jr. Poetry

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Youth by Richard Dinges, Jr. Stripped of leaves,whipped by fierce wind,naked skeletonscrack an empty sky.Old trees moan,drop limbs in storms,scattered at the feetof young saplingsthat bend...

Adrianna Procida Fiction

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Woes of a Hopeless Secretary by Adrianna Procida A click on the keyboard. A click from my mouse. I type out another email, print another document....

Plamen Vasilev Fiction

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Children of the Dying Sun by Plamen Vasilev When the Light Began to Fail No one could remember the exact day the Sun began to dim. There were...

Jim Murdoch Poetry

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Somewhere in the World it’s Now O’clock by Jim Murdoch Somewhere it’s raining.I suppose.I suppose somewhere it’s Tuesday tooor at least Tuesday’s been there. Perhaps one of...

Tammy Smith Poetry

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Pregnant Pauses by Tammy Smith Words are potent place-setters. Verbs like “kissing” can indicate inappropriate actions. Adjectives loom more significant than the nouns they modify. Dangerous...

Kevin Brown Nonfiction

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A Man with a Promising Past by Kevin Brown             Between 2009 and 2014, I published three collections of poetry, two chapbooks of poetry, a memoir,...

Joceline Eickert Fiction

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Untethered by Joceline Eickert “Excuse me—are you okay?” I struggle against the weight of my eyelids as an unfamiliar voice sounds nearby. A bright light immediately blinds...

Jonathan Jay Fiction

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Lotus by Jonathan Jay You Walking around the lake in Echo Park, stopping to find them---or where they should be---you think to yourself: you know nothing of the...

Book Review: Crush by Ada Calhoun

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Crush by Ada Calhoun: A Libertine's Reward Review by Hugh Blanton Crushby Ada Calhoun, 273 pagesViking, $30.00 A lot of reviewers of Ada Calhoun's Crush say that...

Michael Penny Poetry

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My Dad Hikes by Michael Penny He's over ninety now,and his walk is limited, every second day, half a kilometer,guided and safe with the staff from the aged...
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The Fantastic Art of Dan May

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