new new: "Dungeon or Tower," by Sasha Brown: wigleaf.com

Just me crying over the next Wigleaf story. Do I have the best unpaid job in the world yes I have the best unpaid job in the world

Do not miss

"We weren't going to be at the mercy of the sky." (read Nick Bertelson 's awesome micros on our mainpage! wigleaf.com)

"This was all after high school. The world had yet to crack open. I was still looking for the keys to a different life and those girls wanted wings that worked." If you haven't read Nick Bertelson's micros yet, go to: wigleaf.com

new new: "Weird Mademoiselle," by Aimee Parkison: wigleaf.com Aimee Parkison

"I'm the thing that makes the plane crash and cries in the field as it burns." --Aimee Parkison on the Wigleaf mainpage: wigleaf.com

new new: "The Bomb," by Angie McCullagh: wigleaf.com

Here are our April Mythic Picnic finalists: for fiction, Ani King ("Peonies"); for postcard, Hannah Ahn. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Rarely see flash as powerfully dimensional as this one. Tour de force here.

Thora Dahlke's recent stories--at Barrelhouse, Nat. Brut, and others--have been pretty great. Today we're running a story of theirs which got a somewhat rare unanimous vote at our ed. table. It is SUCH A GOOD READ

We're down to our last three of the season. And yes they're all bangers 💥

Dumb is not a disability. Dumb is a choice, one that lots and lots of people are making. This has been a public service announcement.

2nd to last of season. Amazing piece.

Going out with a 💥

Here's the full list! Winner to be announced later this week. In the mean time: read/reread all these amazing stories!

Assigned Reading (winner announced sooooon)

got a real special kyle r seibel square for y'all today!! havehashad.com/hadposts/beyon…

The Wigleaf Top 50 2025 & the Longlist are up! Thank you to our Guest Selecting Editor Gerardo Sámano Córdova & to our Readers & Associate Series Editors! Let’s celebrate the writers, readers, & journals in the literary community—all for the love: wigleaf.com!