First post-awp read and damn this one is already so fantastic and great

Thank you so much for publishing and sharing this! It's a vulnerable one and I'm grateful it found such a caring home!

Yes, I did update my website and send it to my mom. Thanks for asking. mikekellerwilson.com/publications-a…

You've heard of connect four? Get ready to connect more! Jump on Issue 10 while it's hot vastliterarypress.org/24Q2/

I don’t want to have been beautiful only when in a hospital gown – or in memoriam. —this poem, y'all 💔. Some humor and heartbreak by Patrick Schiefen in 24Q2

Hi loves, if you are able, it would mean the world to me if you would preorder my book. The world is tough for authors and small presses right now—your support is vital and deeply appreciated. ❤️

This was honestly real fun to make. My beta testers assure me it's pretty fun to play too.

Thank you so much to ELJ Editions and Diane Gottlieb for publishing this piece about my chronic illness which is part of a wider essay I posted on my website earlier this year: emergeliteraryjournal.com/trevor/

Read "bitches be crazy, ain’t no thing as a free lunch, the man is out to get you" written by Melissa Llanes Brownlee and illustrated by K.S. Illustrations. tinyurl.com/4ep6bdcx

"we found better anthems, holier idols, but we never forgot where we started, in that middle-of-a-cow-pasture school" The things that make you and get outgrown and the things that it's impossible to leave behind. Damn, this one's real good.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! No wait, that’s Issue 11 coming in hot! vastliterarypress.org/24q3/

"savoring every birdsong as if it is my last" @DyaniSabin's "To the house wren that sang on my patio" in Issue 11 won't take long to read, but it'll lodge itself in your heart

"it is as if we’re reminded by the vastness of the ocean how frail and powerless we are" An oceanside stunner by Felix Grygorcewicz vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/24q…

Always good stuff from flash frog, but definitely don't miss this one

We're sending love to our EIC Maureen Langloss today. She wrote a beautiful essay about loss and love in her latest blog. Grab your favorite comfort item and have a read: buff.ly/4e3AiEa

Can't wait to dig into this delight from Lukas Tallent and Bottlecap Press!

To start: Talk about RANGE! @DyaniSabin’s got a book coming out, Music Information Literacy, on advocacy and inclusion in music libraries. AND a stunner of a modern take on sleeping beauty in @SmallwonderSFF that you can read here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/abstain-…

Red hot and still frosty! It's a great issue, so I'd hate for you to miss it!

The yearning is over! Launch yourself into the new issue and face the uncertainty with these fantastic contributors. vastliterarypress.org/25q3/