Vestal Review‘s February 1 to May 31, 2021, reading period is now over. Please try us again during our next reading period, August 1 – November 30, 2021.
Issue 58 is now out!
Issue 58
Cover art by Julie Benbassat.
Gathering from the response to issue 57, we’ve got a lot of dedicated followers, so here’s issue 58, just in time for summer reading.
Our fiction runs several gamuts: a twisted prom night and a one-night stand, troubled offspring-parent relationships (to put it mildly), a strange stone, an arrest of a suspect in the park, the eerie items that the ocean yields, a music camp from hell, fiendishly smart fish, a multi-cephalic encounter, deaths by fire and water, a fortuneteller, a maddeningly equable husband, birds out of hand, and of course unrequited love.
This issue also features two author interviews, one with the Iraqi writer Diaa Jubaili and the other with the maritime engineer Mark Jednaszewski.
As with the previous issue, our writers are all over the map, in as many senses as you can imagine.
We’d like to thank our authors, without whom we’d have no material, our staff, without whom we’d have no magazine, and all those who submitted, putting their talent on display.
So check out the issue, selectively if you must, and tell others if you like what you read.
David Galef
Editor in Chief
Vestal Review
Not Fade Away, by Brett Biebel
Tupilak, by Verity Borthwick
The Thirteenth Head, by Brinda Charry
Buddy System, by Gary Fincke
After the Fire, by Juan Gomez
Just the Same, by Nicole Hebdon
Cataclysm, by Richard Holinger
The Night Girl, by Diaa Jubaili, trans. Chip Rossetti
Appetites of Birds, by Christina Kapp
Dig to the Devil, by Bradley Kehoe
One-Night Stand, by Masha Kisel
Corinne, by Linda McMullen
Byron’s Rebellion, by Jerome Newsome
Gladiator’s Moon, by T. L. Ransome
A Fish Story, by Mary Rohrer-Dann
Morning to Night, by Neysa Tapanes
You say that like I’m going to die, by Lucy Zhang
For reviews and interviews, please go here.
Issue 57
Cover art by Jia Sung.
Welcome to issue 57 of Vestal Review, the oldest flash fiction magazine on the planet.
This issue marks the start of a new staff lineup and a dozen flash fiction talents. Hallmarks: a distinctive voice and a feel for language, vivid characters and events in a minuscule space, and a diversity in both authors and subjects. We have stories ranging from a history of infanticide to slippery memories and babysitting mishaps. This issue also features two flash interviews and two flash reviews. Our writers come from all over the globe, including India and the Maldive Islands.
Thanks to all our writers and everyone on our masthead, without whom we’d have no magazine. We’re also grateful to everyone who sent in material and who deserve both courtesy and respect.
Finally: If you enjoy the stories in this issue, no need to contain yourself. Please spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and elsewhere, should you feel compelled.
David Galef
Editor in Chief
Vestal Review
First Love, by Kirstin Allio
The Artifice of Memory, by Soramimi Hanarejim
Speak Loose, by Nashiu Zahir
Driving, by Elizabeth O’Brien
Crônica No. 1: Especially Since and Mainly Because, by Rone Shavers
The Infanticide of Puah, by Liz Marlow
Who Needs Rehab When You Have a Man?, by Preeti Vangani
Sitter, by Gary Moshimer
Death of a Short Story Writer, by Donald A. Ranard
Wolf, by Gemma Doswell
My Name Was Said, by RW Spryszak
Same Killer, by Bari Lynn Hein
For reviews and interviews, please go here.