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Fiction

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

Nothing Bad Part 2: Everyone Has a Gift
by Mary Grimm

September 10, 2021 Contributed By: Mary Grimm

everyone has a gift

“Everyone Has a Gift” is our second installment of Mary Grimm’s novelette, Nothing Bad. Follow this link to read part 1, “The Fire:” https://maydaymagazine.com/nothing-bad-part-1-the-fire-by-mary-grimm/

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

Stories Refresh the American Language:
An Interview with John Freeman
by Cal Shook

September 8, 2021 Contributed By: Cal Shook, John Freeman

I grew up reading short stories by writers from the 1950s and 1960s and loving them: Eudora Welty, James Baldwin, J.D. Salinger.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: September 8, 2021

A Night Like That
by Eric Boyd

September 6, 2021 Contributed By: Eric Boyd

Beneath the Tracks

The picture was everywhere. Seemed like every time I turned my phone on it’d beep and vibrate and ring until I turned it back off. Yo did u see? Hey are you ok? Was that ur friend? To all three, yes. The cop that shared the photo was suspended with pay. He takes a photo […]

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: September 6, 2021

MARY
by Rachael Green

August 11, 2021 Contributed By: Rachael Green

Obstructed view of women's face

This story was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The paint had chipped off of one of Mary’s eyes and the other had faded and begun to fleck off in places, mutating her maternal gaze into something more sinister, full of agony. I held eye contact with those eyes or, the one eye and the plaster […]

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Fiction Posted On: August 11, 2021

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