Miss Aline is going to die, but it will not be today. It won’t be this week, or next. Beyond that, not even I could say for sure. Read story and editor comments…


When anyone asked Stephen what he wanted to be when he grew up, Stephen always answered, “Astronaut.” Read story and editor comments…


My grandmother spent her last several thousand mornings highlighting the obituaries. Read story and editor comments…


Albert Givens was a man who enjoyed counting. He worked for a bookkeeping firm, charged with the responsibility for seeing that columns of numbers matched to the penny. He lived in the same little house, on the same dead-end street, in the same Ballard neighborhood for the past 20 years. Read story and editor comments…


10,000 Tons of Black Ink Pushcart Prize Nominations:

“The Dead Do Not Come Back At Night” by Hannah Lackoff (February, 2012)

“A Hunk of Meat” by Max Detrano (February, 2012)

“Seven Miles Deep” by Tom Graham (October, 2012)

“Jasper Rincon’s Loft” by Max Detrano (December, 2012)

Congratulations to our nominees! Wishing you all our very best.


When Brian’s wife Jenny was first pregnant they went house hunting, leaving their efficiency condo in the city and venturing into the spiderweb of suburban living, looking for space and yards and wide, gleaming appliances. Read story and editor comments…


Kate and I had always attempted to keep away from our parents, and this was normally quite easy, as Mum and Dad attempted to keep away from us. Read story and editor comments…




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