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.

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New fiction, ‘Serenity Security Solutions,’ published in MoonLit Getaway

Ever worry about getting locked out of your house?

It’s a fear I’ve had for ages. What better way to overcome a fear like that than to write about it?

That is, unless what you end up writing is along the lines of the one I wrote recently, “Serenity Security Solutions.” It was published today (Monday, February 10, 2025) in the literary journal MoonLit Getaway.

My thanks to editor Brandon Nadeau for selecting this story for his wonderful litmag. Please check out all the other amazing fiction, poetry, and artwork Brandon and his team have to offer.

As always, you can access this and other works of fiction and nonfiction here.