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Prick of the Spindle

Publisher's Description : Prick of the Spindle is an online literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, reviews, and drama. Issues are published quarterly and will include author interviews, as well as the best contemporary writing among burgeoning and established writers.

Recent issues:

Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3 is hot off the presses featuring: An Interview with publisher David McNamara of sunnyoutside; new artists in the online galleries, Elahzar Rao and Debi Blankenship; reviews of new releases from sunnyoutside, Omnidawn, Poetry Press of Press Americana, Dzanc, Tarpaulin Sky, Blood Pudding; drama by Mary Beth O'Connor, "Harmony Falls"; poetry by Arlene Ang, Christopher Lirette, Askold Skalsky, Michelle Askin; and fiction by Tony M. Vinci, Ladee Hubbard, Anish Majumdar, and more.

Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2 features a graphic short by Christy Call; drama from award-winning playwright Ken Narasaki; nonfiction from Holocaust survivor Fred M. B. Amram and others; poetry by Howie Good, Jennifer Givhan, Stacia M. Fleegal, and others; a novel by Mel Bosworth; fiction from Nathan Leslie, Etkin Camoglu, Angela Panayotopulos, and others; an interview with Kristina Marie Darling; three new art galleries; and 18 new book reviews.

There must be something in the air; or maybe it's in the water. Whatever the case, creativity abounds – don’t miss the latest contributions to the cause on Prick of the Spindle's newly-launched Vol. 3.1. Within its pages appears: interviews with Juliet Cook, Barry Graham and Howie Good; chapbook reviews; a novelette by Natasha Grinberg, fiction by Matthew Salesses, Anna Peerbolt, Thomas Kearnes; and poetry by Jacqueline West, Laurie Barton, John M. Anderson, Peter Schwartz, and much more.