Best of the Net 2009  



F I C T I O N

Nicole Callihan's "One Fish, Two Fish" from InDigest Magazine
Krishan Coupland's "Sexy, Hot, Tragic, Sad Accident" from Eclectica
Taylur Thu Hien Ngo's "I am my Rooster" from Blackbird
Alix Ohlin's "Stranger Things Have Happened" from failbetter
M.O. Walsh's "Finds: A Game" from LITnIMAGE


P O E T R Y

Kim Addonizio's "For You" from Pirene's Fountain Poetry Journal
Mary Biddinger's "Miniatures" from Slant
Deborah Bogen's "Driving Home Trying Not to Change the Station" from Poemeleon
Rachel Bunting's "The Apiary" from Boxcar Poetry Review
Oliver de la Paz's "The Surgical Theater as Spirit Cabinet" from Diode Poetry Journal
Matthew Dickman's "Slow Dance" from Narrative Magazine
Matt Donovan's "Coleridge in Scotland, Walking" from Blackbird
David Graham's "The Look of a Bay Mare" from Poemeleon
Leslie Harrison's "How I Became A Ghost" from Memorious
Paul Hostovsky's "Sick Well" from The Scrambler
Anna Journey's "Elegy: I Pass by the Erotic Bakery" from Blackbird
Leslie LaChance 's "Left" from Apple Valley Review
Iris A. Law's "Circumnavigation" from Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Al Maginnes's "The Moon as Absence and Desire" from Valparaiso Poetry Review
Adrian Matejka's "Synth Composite Basketball: No More Court" from Anti-
Erin Murphy's "Collecting Sea Shells, You Don't Stop" from The Summerset Review
Melissa Range's "Harpoon" from Memorious
Ales Steger's "Earring" (trans. by Brian Henry) from Guernica
Rob Talbert's "what practice makes" from Boxcar Poetry Review
Lafayette Wattles's "I Couldn't Tell Which Were The Thoughts And Which Were The Trees" from Boxcar Poetry Review





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