Fiona’s eyes were moons when she came out of the bathroom. “I spent sixty years in there,” she said, and normally this would be a joke, a ha ha what’d you do in there, get ready for the Oscars? kind of thing, but ...
Haunt by Nicole VanderLinden
Fiction, LAR Online
First runner-up in the 2020 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of flash fiction.
Final Judge: Ellen Meeropol
Coyote appears.
“We leave tomorrow. Please be ready.”
“And the storm? This ...
El Coyote by Micheal Sarabia
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
Q stepped out of his car and closed the door as a rush of heat filled his lungs. The noxious smell of petroleum dizzied his head. Q listened for oncoming traffic as he passed by a long row of nested shopping carts being ...
Pour by Daniel Verret
Fiction, LAR Online
Winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of flash fiction.
Final Judge: Ellen Meeropol
It tugs at my nipple. Only the first pull is uncomfortable, then it finds its rhythm. I ...
Put A Teat In It! by Jennifer Lewis
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
Winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of short fiction.
Final Judge: Kristen Millares Young
Liu Ge woke up to a sky so bright that he thought he had slept until noon. He checked ...
Marseille in Light by An Yu
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
When Small Man looks past the glare of spotlights, into the audience, he can see their white teeth gleaming, their smiles ear to ear. He’s thinking about this song he’s playing, this horrible slack key song called ...
What Covers the House is a Roof by Matthew R. K. Haynes
Fiction, LAR Online
Before Mariko went missing, she liked to swim in the open water of the cove, just beyond the tide pools. On days when there was no surf, waves, or wind when sails hung still on catamarans and the sun soaked into the ...
Mariko by Kaylie Saidin
Fiction, LAR Online
SHOE-MERANG, LIFT
The toilet paper has arrived, or maybe it’s the turnips. But the dog has kicked his shoes all over the foyer. I’ve asked him not to, but he’ll listen only to Linda.
And you think she’ll ...
Plague Diary II by Steve Chang
Fiction, LAR Online
She did it again. I’m always surprised. What does that say about me? I certainly don’t learn. We have an agreement, and she consistently breaks it. We’ve been practicing the Pass the Feather method. Our marriage ...
I Feel _____ When by Laura White Gray
Fiction, LAR Online
