The Replacement – New Flash Fiction by Morgan Karpiel

New Flash Fiction by Morgan Karpiel

The Replacement First Place in the Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction New Flash Fiction by Morgan Karpiel June 29th, 2023 At first, Robert assumed that she was simply well made, a beautiful unit, sleek and warm, with a bob of white-blonde hair, heavy-lidded eyes sparkling with iridescent pink glitter, and a laugh that sounded … Read more

After a Massacre – New Poetry by Abby E. Murray

After a Massacre Joint Third Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry New Poetry by Abby E. Murray This morning, she woke up to mesitting beside her, my hand on herlavender-pajamaed still-baby-belly, a gesture that has calmed her sincethe day she was born. She is eightand I’m not certain I will ever feel her … Read more

The Bones, Of Course – Poetry by Rob Carney

The Bones, Of Course Joint First Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry New Poetry by Rob Carney May 29th, 2023 THE BONES, OF COURSE, make interesting litter.Cattle, mostly, but sometimes coyotes too.Go eight days without water, you’re a camel. Do that as anything else,and you’re a ghost, a voice leaving on the windand … Read more

Shell Music – Poetry by Jennifer M. Phillips

Shell Music Joint First Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry New Poetry by Jennifer M. Phillips May 29th, 2023 Some say they hear the voices of the deadmurmuring in kind domestic counsel,                                        mother, papa, granddad, nan–from the library of old affection,their green-glassed lights of wisdom never shelved.And so I keep listening for you I … Read more

POVerty Line – Poetry by Deja Jones

Poverty Line. Poetry by Deja Jones

POVerty Line Third Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry New Poetry by Deja Jones 14th April, 2023 It haunts me like a perpetual poltergeist       From my childhood home to every bedroom and kitchen table. Stalks me like a masked killer creeping       But its sinister shape looks nothing … Read more

The Dangle Unreleased – Poetry by Michael Dufresne

The Dangle Unreleased New Poetry by Michael Dufresne Second Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry 14th April, 2023 安時而處順,哀樂不能入也。此古之所謂縣解也,而不能自解者,物有結之。 If you settle with the times and dwell in the course, neither grief nor joy will be able to enter. This is what the ancients called the dangle and release, and those who are … Read more

Data Breach – Poetry by Darrelle Spenceley

Data Breach

Data Breach First Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry New Poetry by Darrelle Spenceley 14th, April You ask for proof of my identity demand a driver’s license or passport – not more than 3 years expired       I reach into my bag       pull out a pair of vintage … Read more

Everest – Flash Fiction by Andrew Nest

Everest by Andrew Nest

Everest Second Place in the Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction New Fiction by Andrew Nest 14th April, 2023 Editor’s note: this story references alcohol. The day of the office Christmas party – that major day of the year when camaraderie with colleagues and alcohol come together in climax. Not anymore, I tell myself. The … Read more

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow – Flash Fiction by Mahara Heslop

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Third Place in the Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction New Fiction by Mahara Heslop 14th April, 2023 It would become known as the Day of the Uprising. No one knew why, or indeed, how it happened, but it changed the world forever. On April first, 2032, the wigs came alive. … Read more