Human numbers grew out of control and the other species grew concerned. Panicked, the animals declared war on us. Every whale was white, every seagull an enlightened…
The planet was overpopulated and no one was willing to leave, so we came up with a plan to make more space. We pulled Antarctica up…
Kirby Johnson: You are the author of Compression Scars, a collection of short stories (and the winner of the Flannery O¹Connor Award), and Fat Girl,…
Kayla Rae Candrilli: Your story, “Trees” in NANO 9.2’s queer feature, amazes me in its subtlety and its ability to bring sexualities commonly erased by mainstream culture…
Here at NANO we know you’re crushin’. (Especially after reading Trystan Carter’s “#WCW” from NANO Fiction 9.2!) Tell us all about it! PROMPT: Write a…
Having just discovered William Carlos Williams’s writing, loving most-to-all of it, defying older brother and PHD candidate who says WCW is kind of old news to those…
Kayla Rae Candrilli: Your story “Instead,” to be featured in NANO 9.2, is constructed as one sentence, a litany of “Insteads.” Can you tell us…
Backyard BBQ season is right around the corner. Are you ready to grill? Socialize? Invite every, single, neighbor? PROMPT: Write a story in which the…
Kayla Rae Candrilli: Your story, “Julio Bodega” in NANO 9.2’s queer feature, stuns me in its brevity, but also in its specificity and detail. I…
Great news! From thousands of submissions Stuart Dybek chose Vincent Scarpa‘s “Easter, 1991” from NANO Fiction 9.1 for inclusion in The Best Small Fictions of 2016! And,…