Fiction

The Afterlife of Mrs. Ethel Rigsby-Higginbotham

by Judith Sanders

May 12 • Bloom

An Excerpt from BELONGING TO THE AIR: A Novel

Mar 17 • Bloom

An Excerpt From MULE BOY, A Novel

by Andrew Krivak

Feb 17 • Bloom

Cantilever: A Short Story

Jan 28, 2025 • Bloom

Til It’s Gone: A Short Story

by Alexis Levitin

Oct 29, 2024 • Bloom

An Excerpt from Elaine Neil Orr’s novel, Dancing Woman

In her forthcoming new novel, Dancing Woman, Elaine Neil Orr writes overtly for the first time about feminism and the need for women to have women’s…

Oct 22, 2024 • Bloom

Bloom Creative Writing: “Pretend” by Kathy Mirkin

With this short story by Kathy Mirkin, we continue to highlight original fiction and poetry from writers who either published their first book at 40 or…

Sep 24, 2024 • Bloom

Bloom Creative Writing: “The White Giraffes” by Pamela Medve Polivka

With this work by Pamela Medve Polivka, we continue to highlight original fiction and poetry from writers who either published their first book at 40 or…

May 28, 2024 • Bloom

Out: A Short Story

by Nathan Cover

Mar 26, 2024 • Bloom

Meditations: A Short Story

Dec 26, 2023 • Bloom

An Excerpt from Michael Okulitch’s novel, Toward Him Still

Michael Okulitch’s first published novel, Toward Him Still, will be released in late spring 2024 by Fomite Press, a small literary press in Burlington…

Dec 5, 2023 • Bloom

Bloom Creative Writing: Split Open by J.M. Schmidt

With this work by J.M.

Nov 28, 2023 • Bloom

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