Best Thing We’ve Read Today: MONKEYBICYCLE

Ever wondered how you can read fiction from your smartphone on the morning commute without getting eyestrain from multiple paragraphs of teeny-tiny print?  Do you have a short span of attention when it comes to short stories? We are intrigued by MONKEYBICYCLE‘s One-Sentence Stories, which the site’s submissions page claims are published once a month.

You can marvel at how eight words can convey a massive series of emotions. You will also be amazed at the grammatical skill required to construct a single sentence, with no run-ons, that is nearly a paragraph in length. Sure, Six Word Storiesand Memoirs are all the rage right now, but in comparison, a one-sentence story is liberating!

MONKEYBICYCLE also distributes print editions and takes submissions for its web publication, including poetry and fiction on any topic. Visit their Submissions page for guidelines.

Their lengthier stories are in a variety of styles, including the mildly erotic (Love Story by Lauren Waterman) to the amusingly fantastic (Superman’s Dead by Robert Swartwood).

Short or long, MONKEYBICYCLE is a literary magazine worthy of your precious reading time.
–Hannah McDonald

Storychord.com — Call for Submissions

TFR editor Sarah Lynn Knowles’ newest project is Storychord.com, which pairs short fiction with music and art to create a treat for the senses. Read her call for submissions below, then click over to check it out for yourself.

Storychord.com– a new online publication by Furnace Review fiction editor Sarah Lynn Knowles– announces an open call for submissions from emerging, “under-the-radar” fiction writers, photographers/visual artists, and bands.

Each issue will feature one piece of short fiction accompanied by one image and a one-song “soundtrack.” Issue #1 debuts March 31 with work from writer Tao Lin, photographer Helena Kvarnström, and singer-songwriter Katie Mullins.

Please consult posted guidelines at http://storychord.com for all submission instructions.

Best Thing We’ve Read Today: “Everything is Not Yet Lost”

We’re loving the psychedelic, mood-ring-esque art in the Spring issue of The Adirondack Review, but even more, we’re loving P. J. DeGenaro‘s tale of mysterious, romantic friendship:

The first time I saw Del, it was from the back.

The year was 1991, when it was still possible to fall off the grid, to disconnect your phone and leave town and not be found, if being lost was what you wanted. The neighborhood was a no-man’s-land on the far side of the Gowanus Canal, where old women in lawnchairs cursed at interlopers from Park Slope and Cobble Hill. I was on my way to a party, and Del seemed to be headed there too. Of course she was not Del yet as far as I knew, but only a mysterious dark-haired girl walking ten paces ahead of me through the fog of refrigerator coolant that hung over the entire block. On the back of her denim jacket, a painted Chinese dragon snorted and pranced.

Keep reading at The Adirondack Review.