Only One Month Left to Enter and Win!

Dearest Writers–there are only 34 days left to send us your best flash fiction. The 2015 NANO Prize closes on September 1, so send us…

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The Zookeeper’s Confession

You must understand, the ways of lions are complex. We meant no harm. When the lion—the original, true lion—began coughing, we gave him syrups and…

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Gravity

For the first hour the prevailing mood was one of disbelief. People thought it was a dream, a metaphor, maybe. But it didn’t pass: gravity…

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Alexis Pope, Bone Matter and Aubrey Hirsch, This Will Be His Legacy

Alexis Pope, Bone Matter and Aubrey Hirsch, This Will Be His Legacy Split Series Volume 1 The Lettered Streets Press, 2014 92 pp. ISBN: 978-0-991863-1-0…

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Recruitment

Some years ago, I applied for a job selling suits. The manager hired me because I am not a good-looking man but I look good…

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Kiss As Many Women As You Can by Franki Elliot and Shawn Stucky

Kiss As Many Women As You Can By Franki Elliot and Shawn Stucky Curbside Splendor Publishing, Inc. Paperback 978-0-9884804-5-2 Franki Elliot‘s short story collection, Kiss…

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The Queer Issue — Calling All Submissions

NANO Fiction is looking for the best, brightest, and queerest fictions for our spring 2016 issue. As always we want short, beautiful, and compelling work. And for this…

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Five Questions with Piyali Bhattacharya

Kirby Johnson: Your story, Visit, is featured in the latest issue of NANO Fiction (issue 8.2). What struck me most about this piece is the…

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NANO’s Summer Reading List

Summertime’s finally here, which means it’s time to lounge on the beach (or in an adequately air conditioned office space) with a good book. The…

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Join NANO at the NEW SOUTH Festival of Literary Arts & Cartooning

Join NANO Fiction at New South Fest–an outdoor books and comics event on June 6th, 2015 at the French Legation Museum in Austin, Texas. It…

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