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Books Before Furniture, by Vivian McInerny
Former 805 contributor Vivian McInerny reminiscences about filling her new home with books before anything else. This post is part of...
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Jan 20, 20215 min read
Man Eater, by Melissa Kerman
Umberto’s cooks the juiciest veal cutlet in the entire city. You know this because you’ve eaten veal cutlet at every Italian restaurant...
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Jan 13, 20213 min read
Identity Thief, by Ronna Whitehead
You ripped us from Mother’s arms, and Father tried to fight you. He didn’t have a gun, and your team had many. Uniformed men forced us...
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Jan 7, 20211 min read
Best Small Fictions Nominations for 2021
Good luck to the five writers we nominated to the Sonder Press' Best Small Fictions 2021 Anthology. The anthology was founded by Tara L....
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Jan 7, 20211 min read
Laurette Folk's Novel Featured on NewPages
NewPages, a popular resource for writers, featured 805 contributor Laurette Folk's second novel on their book review site. Folk's book,...
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Jan 6, 20219 min read
Crossroad, by Helena Rho
Joseon, August 1961. She stood at the crossroad, crying. Not weeping, just a constant stream of tears. Dust from a passing car covered...
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Dec 31, 20201 min read
Attention LGBTQ+ writers and artists!
Submit Your Work To celebrate Pride Month in June 2021, 805 Lit + Art will publish a special issue of writing and art by LGBTQ+ creators....
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Dec 30, 20201 min read
We Shredded Books on the Library Floor, by Neil Kennedy
We shredded books on the library floor. I felt like committing an awful sin. I wanted something I couldn’t ask for and tore the...
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Dec 23, 20205 min read
Graduation Photographs, by Caitlin Upshall
On the morning of May 23rd, I dwindle down my outfits to two; neither one overly flashy, and both terrifically practical for a photo...
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Dec 22, 20206 min read
From World Traveler to Wary Recluse, by Hailey Neal
How one exhausting year has planted me back in America and in the necessary company of English literature. The hardest thing about living...
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Dec 18, 20204 min read
These Shelves, This Life, by Natalie Hernandez
Junot tells me how to lose her. He skins a mango I light with Chile. You won't like this. Otravida. Otravez. Those "you" keep me awake....
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Dec 17, 20202 min read
My Home Escape, by Zeel Patel
The year 2020 has been a harsh one to say the least. This year was the first year I experienced unbelievable grief. One of my dearest...
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Dec 16, 20201 min read
Approximations, by Tania Mitra
Flustered, I call my mother— “Ma, how many spoons of Ginger-Garlic paste do I put?” First, I spent 19 years longing To leave home, and...
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Dec 15, 20202 min read
I Do Try, by Alex Phuong
Writing is a tough profession. Sometimes writers have to deal with rejection. There is also a hidden bureaucracy associated with the...
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Dec 9, 20206 min read
Set Fire, by Melissa Darcey
It starts with a first kiss kind of flush you see in the movies. A tingling vibration in your fingers and toes. It expands into a warmth...
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Dec 3, 20203 min read
Naj’wa (Say in a Whisper), by Menat Allah El Attma
Here, hope lays in dirt and often gets caught in between toes belonging to small bare feet running on hot sandy cobblestones. These feet...
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Nov 30, 20201 min read
Noms for the Pushcart Prize 2020
We are excited to send out our nominations for the Pushcart Prize Anthology. The Pushcart Prize has been celebrating small publishers...
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Nov 24, 20201 min read
Noms for Best Microfiction for 2020
We nominated six stories for Best Microfiction ,an anthology that celebrates short stories up to 400 words. Good luck to our writers!...
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Nov 18, 20201 min read
Two Works: Collage Poetry + Graphic Lit
Psalm With Passing Train, by Despy Boutris Hair, by Mercury-Marvin Sunderland Despy Boutris is published or forthcoming in American...
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Nov 16, 20201 min read
Noms to the PEN/Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
Check out our nominations for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. This award celebrates writers' debut fiction...
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