Friday Five: Q&A with MoonLit Getaway founder and editor Brandon Nadeau

‘We are a doom-scrolling alternative. A mixed bag of mixed metaphors where … the only common denominator is quality.’

As I and my fellow Missourians emerge from the vicious grip of a polar vortex from the north, where heartier types deal with these sub-zero temperatures and wind chills more frequently (and where thermometer readings are even lower, thanks to the Celsius scale), it seems fitting that today’s Friday Five highlights the work of a writer from north of the U.S. border, Brandon Nadeau, and the phenomenal literary magazine he launched last fall, MoonLit Getaway.

MoonLit Getaway founder and editor Brandon Nadeau

Brandon is a veteran of the Canadian Army (twice deployed to Afghanistan) originally from northern British Columbia, where he “snowboarded, played guitar in a metal band, and got bad grades in school.” He now lives, writes, and edits in Edmonton, Alberta. He serves as executive editor and fiction editor for MoonLit Getaway, which publishes fiction (including flash), poetry, and visual artwork every two weeks. He and his editorial team also publish book reviews and interviews with featured authors and artists on the website’s blog.

Continue reading “Friday Five: Q&A with MoonLit Getaway founder and editor Brandon Nadeau”

Farewell, Witcraft, and thanks for the laughs

Another fine literary magazine is closing shop. This time it’s Witcraft, an online publication that, for the past couple of years, offered up a daily dose of comic relief in the form of fiction and poetry.

Witcraft founder and editor Doug Jacquier (featured in a recent Friday Five) recently announced his plans in a message to subscribers and on his Substack. He wrote:

Continue reading “Farewell, Witcraft, and thanks for the laughs”

Friday Five: Q&A with Witcraft founder and editor Doug Jacquier

‘… there’s a market out there of people who want some daily relief from the gloom and doom …’

Eidtor’s note: Witcraft founder Doug Jacquier announced February 19 , 2025,that this literary site would cease publication effective March 31, 2025. Read more.

Tired of wading through the negativity flooding your social media and news feeds? Why not shut down X and Facebook for a while and visit Witcraft, an online journal that offers a daily dose of comic relief, which is much-needed these days.

Continue reading “Friday Five: Q&A with Witcraft founder and editor Doug Jacquier”

Friday Five: Q&A with ‘Short Story, Long’ founder Aaron Burch

‘ I often feel happiest and most fulfilled when I read a submission and fall in love with it …’

You might call Aaron Burch a serial literary magazine founder.

His journey into the litmag world began in 2001, when he founded Hobart. He spent over two decades editing that journal, and toward the end of his tenure there he co-founded HAD, an online journal focused on publishing microfiction. Soon after that, he founded Words & Sports Quarterly, a sports-oriented literary magazine that is currently on hiatus.

Two years ago this spring, he launched his latest literary project, Short Story, Long, as a place for longer fiction — stories in the 2,000- to 8,000-word range, although stories of 3,000 to 5,000 words hit the publication’s “sweet spot.” (Read more about the publication and submission guidelines.)

Continue reading “Friday Five: Q&A with ‘Short Story, Long’ founder Aaron Burch”

New flash fiction: ‘No Point’

Featuring a cameo appearance by Jack Kerouac. Sort of.

I have a new flash fiction story called “No Point” up over at  Roi Fainéant Press. This is my second piece with the good folks at Roi Fainéant (the first, “Narcissus on the Deck,” was published on the RF website last September).

Continue reading “New flash fiction: ‘No Point’”