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It Was Never Supposed To Be
by Ben Kline
Ragnarök at the Father-Daughter Dance
by Todd Dillard
Love Letters from a Burning Planet
by MJ Gomez
A Pocket of Genesis
by Ernest Ògúnyẹmí
Glass Essays
by J. A. Bernstein
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Dualities, Micro-audacities, and Writing Around the Center: a Conversation with David Ryan on Alligator
Brandon Ahmad Haffner interviews David Ryan about his new short story collection Alligator, discussing memory, experimental writing, creative constraints, duality, and writing around the center.
The Hologram and the Hunted: on Follow This Blood to Find a Dead Thing by Charles K. Carter
Follow This Blood to Find a Dead Thing by Charles K. Carter (Fernwood Press: 2026) reviewed D.W. Baker for Variant Lit.
Ben Kline Wins 2026 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
We’re proud to share that It Was Never Supposed To Be by Ben Kline has won the 2026 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry!
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