“Radiant Drift” tracks the movement of meteors and of two generations, the narrator and her friend and their parents. Where did the idea of the cosmic and the relational changes over time come from? What do you hope your readers find shifting as they read? This story was originally an image of two girls lying […]
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An Interview with DS Levy By Fiction Editor, Ann Fisher Also, teaching has made me a better reader and, I hope, a better writer, because I have to think about “how” the story works and then articulate that “how-ness” to other writers. I’ve always said, “If you want to learn, teach.” –DS Levy “Wild” touches […]
An Interview with Catherine Parnell By Fiction Editor Ann Fisher “In our bay there is no such thing as a secret between us.” In previous work, you note that you often “listen to the music of language” around you to build a story. Was there a word song that sparked “Sisters of the Sacred Well” […]
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Look What My Will Has Done to Me
An Interview with Lucy Zhang By Fiction Editor Ann Fisher I’ve seen warped trees at some national parks and they’ve always struck me. It’s like they’re saying “look what my will to live has done to me.” –Lucy Zhang How did the storyline for “Final Molt” come to you? I wanted to write a story […]
An Interview with Isa Lorenzo by Ann Fisher, Mud Season Review Fiction Co-Editor I had to search and search to find the event I think this story is based on— a tragedy that took place in 2009 in Ampatuan, Philippines, where the wife and sisters of the mayor were attempting to file Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu’s […]
An Interview with Elena Sichrovsky by Ann Fisher, Mud Season Review Fiction Co-Editor “I firmly believe that having an audience for your first drafts and receiving feedback is essential to becoming a good writer.” Elena Sichrovsky Our readers found “did it hurt when you fell” hauntingly beautiful. Tell us a bit about how you found […]
Fiction Editor Ann Fisher interviews author Kimm Brockett Stammen. Read Brockett Stammen’s story “Hannie’s House” here. “A lot of times I don’t know what a story is really about, or it’s about six different things and it won’t choose.” Kimm Brockett Stammen Our readers found the voices in “Hannie’s House” particularly compelling, and the relationship […]
Fiction Editor Ann Fisher interviews Issue #57’s fiction writer Amanda Yskamp Find Amanda’s work here. “If a story lacks energy or focus, sometimes it can be saved by rendering it in an entirely different mode.” —Amanda Yskamp We were drawn into “Diorama” right away! You drop us into a moment that expands to a completeness […]
Ann Fisher interviews Issue #54 Fiction author Nicholas LaMendola, regarding his piece “to my love, a portrait.” “The world is complicated! I constantly catch myself oversimplifying, flattening other people’s points of view, disregarding the challenges and nuances that make people the way they are.” Nicholas LaMendola What inspired you to write “to my love, a […]
“My wish is that people will say this to themselves after reading my stories: “Someone understands. I am no longer alone.”
Blake Johnson
Fiction editor Ann Fisher interviews Bari Lynn Hein about perspective and the writing process for “Curtain Call,” her story of resilience and healing in challenging times. Tell us about how “Curtain Call” came to being. “Curtain Call” had been in my head for some time. When the pandemic hit, I decided it was time […]