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Featured Fiction

Without Barricades There Is No Proof of Intrusion
by Craig Foltz

January 24, 2022 Contributed By: Craig Foltz

River

“Dispossession is not the word you were thinking about. There is a moment before/ the moment before the moment. That’s the moment your body morphs into another. You think, There’s no place like it.”

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: January 24, 2022

Helsinki
by Niles Baldwin

January 20, 2022 Contributed By: Niles Baldwin

Hockey Rink

I approached the truck like I had never seen one before. I didn’t drive but I had seen a lot of people turn a key to make a car start. I wished I could do that to the truck. It would take a long time to get warm and melt the ice that made it stuck where it was.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: January 20, 2022

March Madness Flash Fiction Contest!

January 14, 2022 Contributed By: Kirk Sever

March Madness Flash Fiction Contest

The top 16 contenders will be selected by MAYDAY fiction editors and the winners will be determined by popular vote on social media beginning March 14.

Filed Under: Featured Fiction, Featured Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid, Poetry Posted On: January 14, 2022

Minnesota Women Writers in Short Fiction:
Darci Schummer interviewed by Raki Kopernik

November 24, 2021 Contributed By: Darci Schummer, Raki Kopernik

Darci Schummer Head Shot

Raw talent is not necessarily a predictor of success. However, engaging regularly in your practice, listening openly to critiques of your work, and not allowing rejection to deter you will all help you succeed.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: November 24, 2021

To Dust We Return
by Darci Schummer

November 22, 2021 Contributed By: Darci Schummer

To Dust We Return

The only cure was lying on her back and looking up at the sky—losing herself in the drift of clouds during the day and the rise of stars at night. Sometimes she wondered if anyone could see her, if anyone was watching.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: November 22, 2021

Nothing Bad Part 3: Opening the Door
by Mary Grimm

November 10, 2021 Contributed By: Mary Grimm

Opening the Door

At the end of the path, just before the turn that would take her to the convent, she stood facing the hedge, running her hands along the bushes. “Here,” she muttered to herself, “here, here,” pushing a little at the dense green branches. And finally, her hand went in, a space big enough for a slender girl to push through.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: November 10, 2021

Being the Murdered Nanny
by Cathy Ulrich

October 25, 2021 Contributed By: Cathy Ulrich

Being the Murdered Nanny

The children were small and you were pretty and you were young and you kept your door locked at night and your journal under your pillow.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: October 25, 2021

A Conversation with Quan Barry
by Nathan Winer

October 4, 2021 Contributed By: Nathan Winer, Quan Barry

Quan Barry Photo

“There’s a… freedom allowed you in poetry. And I trust that, even if I can’t explain it. It bleeds into my fiction, in many ways.”

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: October 4, 2021

An interview with Eric Boyd
by Kirk Sever

September 23, 2021 Contributed By: Eric Boyd, Kirk Sever

Eric Boyd

“I find a lot of comfort in nihilism.” Eric Boyd on David Bowie, black and white films, and the end of the world.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: September 23, 2021

Valley State
by Reilly Weed

September 16, 2021 Contributed By: Reilly Weed

Particle Decay

This story was a finalist for the 2021 MAYDAY Fiction Prize   The first letter came on a Monday morning; Patty knew it was Monday because her head hurt from Sunday drink specials. When she opened her eyes, the room spun like it did every morning. “Holy shit!” came her brother’s voice from the kitchen. […]

Filed Under: Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: September 16, 2021

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