New Story by the Acclaimed Alison Baker

Written By: Robert Barton - Apr• 17•12

This week, Best Fiction will publish a new story by Alison Baker.

Alison Baker is the author of two short story collections, Loving Wanda Beaver and How I Came West, and Why I Stayed; each was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has received several O. Henry Awards, including First Prize, and her story “Happy Hour,” which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award.
Her fiction, essays and poetry also have appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review, New Letters, Orion Nature Quarterly, Shenandoah, Threepenny Review, Gettysburg Review, and ZYZZYVA, among others, and in a number of anthologies. Her stories have been featured on Selected Shorts at New York’s Symphony Space and dramatized for stage in Seattle, San Francisco, and Takoma Park, Maryland.

Best Fiction is pleased to introduce her newest work, which may be her best work.


The Wonderful Fiction of Susan Levi Wallach

Written By: Robert Barton - Mar• 09•12
Photograph by Christopher Aluka Berry

       Best Fiction has published Pool by Susan Levi Wallach.

Susan Levi Wallach completed an MFA in Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2011. Her short stories have appeared in Fogged Clarity, Stone’s Throw, and Monarch Review; her articles in a number of theatre, technology, and military publications; her poems in emails to her children. She won the Keith D. Ware Journalism Award from the Department of Defense in 2003; her novel-in-progress was short listed in last year’s Faulkner-Wisdom Competition. She is a freelance copyeditor.

Best Fiction is pleased to showcase the work of Susan Levi Wallach. “Pool” is an example of perfect short fiction.


Interviewing Rosellen Brown

Written By: Robert Barton - Feb• 29•12

Rosellen Brown

“Rosellen Brown’s characters move me to tears.”

–Annie Dillard


Best Fiction is blessed by the presence of Rosellen Brown. She is interviewing with us, and her exclusive interview will be published by Best Fiction in April. She is the author of Tender Mercies, Before and After, Civil Wars, the Cora Fry series, and many prized short stories.

Rosellen Brown is an American author, and has been an instructor of English and creative writing at several universities, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Houston. She has won several grants and awards for her work, and her novel Before and After was adapted into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson.


Unveiling the Masterful Fiction of K.

Written By: Robert Barton - Feb• 03•12
K.

Best Fiction will publish new fiction by K.

“Yorugu” is a lyrical tale set in West Africa, opening and closing in present-day Mali with the main story set around the time of the Songhai Empire. It was written as one of seven stories for a collection that includes one story per continent.

K., who writes under various names, is an internationally published author of fiction and poetry. Recently published work appears in Ozone Park, New Plains Review, The 2river View, Willows Wept Review, Barnwood, 3:AM Magazine, Jabberwocky, decomP, PANK, and The Collagist. Currently a Ph.D. student and rhetoric instructor at UT-Dallas, K. holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh. K. is married to the poet Angela Marie Kaiser.

Best Fiction is pleased to introduce K. and his spellbinding story, “Yorugu,” to readers everywhere.


Best Fiction Welcomes Spenser W. Santos

Written By: Robert Barton - Jan• 25•12
Contributing Editor Spenser W. Santos

Best Fiction is pleased to welcome Spenser W. Santos as contributing editor. He brings youth, talent, and energy to the journal.

Best Fiction is grappling with unusual early success as an online journal, and Mr. Santos will play a major role in keeping the journal on track. He has a record of academic success and organizational talent.

Mr. Santos is a recent graduate of Winona State University, where he earned degrees in Literature and Writing and is finishing a degree in Spanish. For two years Spenser has been one of the Editors in Chief for Satori, the university’s literary magazine. His poetry has appeared in Satori and Poetic Strokes. His essay “On Weirdness” appeared in the 2010 edition of Thoreau’s Rooster.
Mr. Santos will begin graduate study at the University of Iowa in August, 2012.

Written By: Robert Barton - Sep• 05•11
Reading Spot in Autumn

Thanks to Elizabeth Oness, Shan Xiaoming, Zdravka Evtimova, Matthew Dexter, Evan James Roskos, Michael Goddard, Miguel Gardel, and Margaret Elysia Garcia for the stories they provided for our successful summer reading. Thanks to the excellent artists who have submitted their work as well.

Best Fiction is swamped with submissions for the upcoming seasons, and we are grateful to the many writers who have submitted their work.

The Important Work of Evan James Roskos

Written By: Robert Barton - Aug• 03•11
Evan James Roskos

Best Fiction has unveiled “The Importance of Words,”  a short story by Evan James Roskos. Click here to read it. Readers will be captivated by a protagonist named Ranko and his encounters as a maintenance worker on a college campus. We are pleased to feature the intriguing work of this sagacious author.

Evan James Roskos was born and raised in New Jersey. His story “Conspiracy of Males” was chosen by Granta for their New Voices online feature, and he was named one of Narrative’s Best New Writers. He earned his MFA from Rutgers University – Newark and has been published in Story Quarterly, The Hummingbird Review, and Reed. Evan lives in Collingswood, NJ, with his wife, son, and a well-fed dog. 
 
 
 

New Fiction by Shan Xiaoming

Written By: Shan Xiaoming - Apr• 24•11

Shan Xiaoming

Best Fiction is pleased to announce publication of  The Nanny and the Old Man by Shan Xiaoming.

Shan Xiaoming teaches English at China University of Petroleum in Beijing. He has received honorable mention from Glimmer Train for his contest entries.

Any fan of short fiction will enjoy The Nanny and the Old Man.


Benjamin Nye Prize for Visual Art

Written By: Robert Barton - Apr• 14•11

Best Fiction is pleased to introduce the first annual Benjamin Nye Prize for Visual Art. The award will be granted to one work of art selected by Best Fiction in a calendar year.  The winning artist will be featured in Best Fiction, nominated for further awards, and receive $200 US.

Visit this site often for more details.

"Knot Box" by Robyn Dettling Madson


Fabulous Art by Elizabeth Eve King, New Fiction by Elizabeth Oness and Matthew Dexter

Written By: Robert Barton - Mar• 30•11
 Best Fiction is pleased to introduce new, fabulous art by Elizabeth Eve King. Her paintings will be featured throughout the first weekend of April on Best Fiction. In addition, enjoy new fiction by prize-winning author Elizabeth Oness and the young, talented Matthew Dexter.

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