The Swallows
I prefer a man with an appetite. My second husband was always putting things into his mouth. Grass. Pennies. Baklava. When visiting friends he never failed to lick their wallpaper. It was repulsive, but ...
Three Stories by Ryan Habermeyer
Fiction, LAR Online
Eulogy I. Before the Funeral, Practicing with Microphone
Our father. Six wives. Four kids. Twelve jobs. Many hobbies. How to sum that all up. Here goes.
He loved to fish. He used to line us kids up, tie nets to our ...
Horsing Around in Church by Kathy Anderson
Fiction, LAR Online
First runner-up in the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Flash Fiction.
Final Judge: Ron Koertge
Letters From the Desk of President Jefferson
June 19th, 1804
Mister Barlow,
I hope ...
To My Dear Friend, Joel Barlow by Chavonn Shen
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
First runner-up in the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Short Fiction.
Final Judge: Doug Lawson
The baby octopus in my shirt drawer misses the ocean, but she doesn’t know how to tell ...
The Baby Octopus by Rainie Oet
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
Selma June had come to town. In Lindburg, Kansas, that was as good as it was ever going to get. They held the lecture in the public library, where I had been shelving and reshelving books for sixteen years. And there, ...
We are not lemons by Chelsey Grasso
Fiction, LAR Online
First runner-up in the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Short Fiction.
Final Judge: tammy lynne stoner
James labors on top of her. Teeth gritted, brow furrowed: this sort of grim ...
The Killing Jar by Jennifer Hritz
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
First runner-up in the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Flash Fiction.
Final Judge: Brittany Ackerman
Mother Chen’s fingers ache, cracked from washing feet and floors all day, but still ...
Cheap Mother by Jeremy Tsai
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
If she could not find plastic bags to tie around her wrists and wrap over her palms, she would have to sleep with her hands dangling off the bed, avoiding the duvet cover at all costs, and that would mean a night of ...
Ayna by Seema Yasmin
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
Winner of the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of flash fiction.
Final Judge: Brittany McLaughlin
Netta says Alessandra killed herself. We’re in bed, Lily asleep with her nose buried in my ...
Mexican Shoots Himself in the Chest by Stanley Delgado
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
