There is still plenty of time to submit your fiction to our 2019 Emerging Writers series! More details: zpublishinghouse.com/blogs/upcoming…

"There was this blue-lipped saliva bite at the tip of my wagging traitor’s tongue, like the outside stairwell’s fettered cyclone twisting dry" - January, G. D. Brown

"Then—In an instant! The door melts away! My girl rushes in, as though carried by light! The tails of her flowing white coat dance and sway— The wings of an angel descending from flight!" - Waking Up, Zackry Childers

"We were two ships passing in daylight; Wrecked before reaching the night. Paths crossing but never meeting. Touches furtive and glances fleeting." - Shipping, Megan Goff

Two weeks left! Submit your fiction now: zpublishinghouse.com/blogs/upcoming…

"Rumbling on, the darkness enfolds the countryside into its wet embrace. A landscape newly void of movement but for waving grasses and ceaseless pumpjacks." - Storm Swayed, Cedric C. M. Bond

"A sweet reminder that a sincere smile can rest on a bruised face, and long memories that fold themselves into a small heart with some parts torn out but still a shred of hope is left in between the toes of your angel feet." - Angel Feet, Sam Wing

Less than one week remains before Oklahoma's submission deadline. Submit your writing at the following link for a chance to be featured in this year's publication: zpublishinghouse.com/blogs/upcoming…

"if they breathed deeply their voices would rise returning to their normal octaves and there i would lie cast aside and out of air until i patch the hole and pump myself full of apathy once again" - balloon, Taylor Dayne Wauhob

Sunday at midnight, we will close submissions to be featured in this year's Oklahoma's Emerging Writers collection. We look forward to reading your work! zpublishinghouse.com/blogs/upcoming…

"The deception of clock, translucent cloak they open and close their faces the distance between the two is fresh rain a curtain that separates our shadows thrown amidst silky grass" - Time Flowers, Saima Afreen

Today is the day! The deadline to submit to our Oklahoma's Emerging Writers (2019) publication is TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time. Submit now: zpublishinghouse.com/blogs/upcoming…

"My world is crashing down In my head, Yet You still dwell within. I cannot function I cannot move I cannot live this life When all I can feel is Fear." - You Are Near, D.R. Black

"I pause while looking east at close of day, Reflecting on that span of time just spent, And wish to have it back with no delay So I can undo things I now repent." - Sonnet XXIII, Stephen Boyd Cates

"My Charming friend, Charlie believes the world lacks Justice, but I always remind him liberty is a Hot Topic that is Limited Too. Should I Rue 21 years of eternal life or should I enjoy all of life’s wonders and look at them all?" - Mall 21, Victoria Atterberry

"I can’t leave my house when I’m depressed. I dread class, the store, the sidewalk in front of my apartment—I can’t deal with the world, my world, when I’m just so depressed." - I Can’t, Jacie Roberts

"A second chance; it doesn’t last too long But can recur from time to time with rhyme And rhythm lulling us to sleep, a song To keep us from the steep, rewarding climb." - Sonnet VIII, Stephen Boyd Cates

"I know you now, Better. Your high school— Homerun-baseball Clutched In my hand, against My chest, making me Safe, making me . . . You." - What Else?, Ashton Kohl Arnoldy

From "Pop’s Hands," by Bo Bradshaw, as featured in America’s Best Emerging Poets: zpublishinghouse.com/collections/mo…