Time capsules are by nature a random amalgamation of items. We often make them in elementary or middle school by throwing items into a box…
In the fifth floor office, your father the diamond-dealer placed three diamonds along the crease between my middle and ring: marquis, sweetheart, oval. He gave…
We usually consider diamond shopping an emotional event, often, though not necessarily, linked to a marriage proposal. In Gillespie’s piece (view story here), this event…
Direct the bearer to lay the body out on the cold stone table, facing toward heaven. Unwrap the white cloth from the body. Fold it…
Hutchison’s piece (view the story here) proceeds both as a how-to handbook and a complex consideration of a ritualized process. It also approaches an emotionally…
The editors of NANO Fiction spend a lot of time thinking about the flash form. We believe it’s not only our business to publish a…
“Ruby,” he says. “You are a goner,” he says. Only he says it this way, “It is between the brainstem and the cerebellum.” He holds…
When my sister’s husband and I get drunk, we get grandiose about Texas. We’re drinking Lone Star Light tallboys, even though I’m ditching gluten and…
Join us this Saturday, for the ninth-annual Alabama Book Festival in historic downtown Montgomery at Old Alabama Town. The festival will feature 50 authors, more…
Elizabeth Wade reading at NANO Fiction’s Five at 5 reading series in Tuscaloosa, AL. Elizabeth Wade grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL, received degrees from Davidson College and the…