Our front door is damaged, and the windows are broken, by a series of storms, so everyone sneaks in- humans, blackbirds, moths, vines. Dad drove away, wrote a prayer hotline number on the kitchen wall. We hide in the ...
Shards by Tara Isabel Zambrano
Fiction, LAR Online
A good run it’s been so far, Julian thinks, this thing between him and Sammie – nights out while ignoring her husband’s calls, trysts in hotel rooms purchased merely for the self-aware absurdity. The brief escape ...
Salsa by Jason Peck
Fiction, LAR Online
Second runner-up in the 2020 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of flash fiction.
Final Judge: Ellen Meeropol
I covered my eyes. I hid in the circular clothing racks. I trimmed off a small portion ...
ways to disappear by Tarah Knaresboro
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
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
