I am vacant and cold as an empty nest. No breath, only a threadbare sniffle. Air up the lungs, stuck in the throat, finally out the mouth with no human odor. My flesh is pushed inside an iron trunk two sizes too small. My hands, a pair of mismatched socks. There are missing buttons on […]
Author Archives: Dale
Russian 117 by Linda Wojtowick
How it ended up set on a dusty brown television in the electric trailer park is strange. But maybe not stranger, say, than an amphibian rain. A bend in wind. The father crushes his cans in a homemade machine and tends the dirt-filled pails. Under his constant hat his head is downy and small. The […]
From Horseshoe Beach by Kelly DuMar
I. From Horseshoe Beach, The View You ride the motorbike, a rental, to this good luck named beach. Your wife, a happy passenger, is craving solitude and sun and no children to mind. She lays her towel on pinkish sand and kneels. Her back against the limestone cliffs, her view is of the sea. One other […]
Happy New Year!
Our first issue of the new year is up! Enjoy!
Rose Metal Press’s ‘Family Resemblance’
Rose Metal Press has done it again! Family Resemblance, edited by Marcela Sulak and Jaqueline Kolosov, is not only an exceptional tool for the craft, but also a vivid example of the craft. In much the same style as their Field Guides to Flash Fiction, the Prose Poem, and Flash Nonfiction, Family Resemblance brings us […]
‘Of a Feather’ by Michael Daley
I was pleased to receive a review copy of Michael Daley’s new collection, Of a Feather, published by Empty Bowl Press, a division of Pleasure Boat Studio. Reading through the poems here, I was reminded of why I like Michael’s poetry so much, it’s because he has such a way of bringing me into the […]
Best Small Fictions Nominations
Our nominees for the 2016 Best Small Fictions: The Fidelity of Stones by Christina Murphy Tuesday by Sandra Anfang Drinking Habits by Erin Moran Reported Side Effects by Mimi Overhulser Deep Blue Yonder by Ryu Ando Congrats guys! Best Small Fictions will notify winners in the spring. If you’d like to find out more about […]
Pushcart Prize Nominations
Here they are: A Study of Glaciers by Sarah Glady Filmmaking by B.R. Yeager Not That Kind of Daughter by Linda H.Y. Hegland First Blue by Nolan Liebert Telling Stories by M.C. St. John David’s Film by C.C. Russell (Forthcoming in November/December issue) Huge congrats to the nominees! Our list of favorites was long, and […]
New Collection by Howie Good
Hey guys, we’re spreading the word–Bad for the Heart, a new collection by Howie Good, is now available from Prolific Press. Wanna taste of Howie’s work? Go read here, here, here, and here. Then go buy the book!
The Pushcart Prize
We are busy selecting our nominees for this year’s Pushcart Prize, and it’s no easy task. Reading through our first year of publications, we are once again in awe of the quality of writing we have been honored to publish. We’ll post an update here as soon as we have our nominees selected. In the […]
‘Not for Art nor Prayer’ by Darren C. Demaree
Darren C. Demaree is one of my favorite poets, and I was delighted to receive an advanced copy of his new collection, Not for Art Nor Prayer, scheduled to be published in October by 8th House Publishing. As usual, after reading Darren’s poetry, I’m at a loss for words that would justify the beauty of […]
A Note to Our Contributors
If you are on twitter, please make sure that we have your twitter handle. We like to promote our contributors, and twitter is the social media we prefer. We are going to put together a list of all our contributors who are on twitter, so please make sure you have followed us @unbrokenjournal – thanks!
Fall/Halloween Issue is Live!
Our Special Fall/Halloween themed Issue is Live! Go read!
Special Issue Alert
Check out out special issue, featuring a story by Abigail Mitchell and Artwork by Kelsey Dean.
‘Ghost Box Evolution in Cadillac, Michigan’ by Rosie Forrest
Yes, this is a prose poem journal, but I’m including this review here because the flash fiction in this chapbook is very much poetic. Rosie Forrest’s chapbook won the ninth annual Rose Metal Press short short chapbook contest, and it’s easy to see why. I loved the dark tone and mood of the prose, each […]
New Book by Howie Good
Hey guys, just a head’s up, if you love Howie Good as much as we do, you’ll want to pick up a copy of his new book, Dark Specks in a Blue Sky, available for preorder now. If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading Howie yet, check out his work in Unbroken. He’s in […]
Nomination Announcements
2015 Best of the Net Nominations We are so excited to announce our Best of the Net Nominations for 2015. But before we do, we have to tell you how difficult our task was. The pieces we have been blessed to showcase in our journal are all so incredible. Really, it’s like trying to choose […]
‘The Pony Governor’ by Darren C. Demaree
Politics: besides religion, it’s the one subject often tiptoed around, but in The Pony Governor, Demaree holds nothing back and his poems say the things we’ve all wanted to say at times. Due to be released this July by a….p press, The Pony Governor is a daring collection that points a poetic finger at corrupt […]
New Project
We have a brand new project to announce: we’ve launched a new journal called, UnLost, aimed at promoting and publishing Found Poetry. Go check it out, and spread the word! UnLost
New Interview …
Interview with Jim Harrington for His Six Questions for… It’s live. Go read!
‘In the Circus of You’ by Nicelle Davis and Cheryl Gross
In the Circus of You An Illustrated Novel-in-Poems By Nicelle Davis and Cheryl Gross Paperback, 104 pages March 2015 ISBN: 978-1-9416280-0-3 Wow, I just finished this new book from Rose Metal Press and I wanted to share my thoughts with my readers here. As a lover of experimental form, this book really intrigued me. It’s […]
We Love Shout Outs!
A very nice Shout-Out from the folks over at SnappingTwig. Go read, and see what nice things they had to say about us.
‘The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry’
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice Edited by Gary L. McDowell and F. Daniel Rzicznek April 2010 ISBN 978-0-9789848-8-5 224 pages If you love prose poems as much as we do, and we’re betting you do since you’re here, or if you would like to learn […]