Gooseberry Pie Lit’s annual writing competition opened for submissions on April 1 and closes on April 22. Here’s a link to judge Dan Crawley’s writing prompt along with more details about this year’s competition. We look forward to reading your words.
Guy Biederman’s new book, Here’s Where We Get Off, micro fiction (Blue Light Press) launches on Saturday April 25th, 2026, 4-00-6:00 pm at Sausalito Books By The Bay, 100 Bay Street, Sausalito, CA. Joining Guy will be Shawna Swetech reading from her new book, Standing In Their Fire, poems from a hospital nurse, Kara Vernor, Because I Wanted To Write You A Pop Song, stories, and Robert Rubino, Vanity Unfair, and other poems, along with musical guest Mamadou Badji. It will also be National Independent Bookstore Day!
Issue 42 Stories
Galloping by Lucinda Kempe
She-Goat Muse After Guernica by Pablo Picasso by Lucinda Kempe
Ushanka by Lucinda Kempe
On What Could Have Been a Velvety Afternoon by Mikki Aronoff
How Much Is It Worth to You? by Jessica Klimesh
Strangers by Jessica Klimesh
Eunice Bobs Her Head by Emily Rinkema
What You Can’t Bury by Karen Crawford
Bad News by Jeff Friedman
Killing the Flame by Jeff Friedman
Presence by Jeff Friedman
Game Night by Sumitra Singam
