James Alexander
James Alexander's fiction has appeared online in previous incarnations of Unlikely Stories, as well as in BULL, Gadfly, Sleet, Pif and elsewhere, and in print in New Pop Lit.
“Does it bother you that I’m dying?”
“What? Of course it does.”
“Just checking. I’m starting an experimental treatment. If it works they’re talking full remission, total cure.”
Glen blushed. The night before, he’d had that very thought when the snow began to fall, but was so engrossed in a crime drama marathon that he didn’t think it again until about eight inches were already piled up, so he didn’t bother. His inexcusable laziness created so much more work for the both of them; it shamed him.
Recent Articles:
"The Tombs" and "[Clouds were torn sails that needles of light were mending in the wind]"
by Steffen Horstmann
"Withdrawal," "Elegy," and "At the Foundry"
by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
"Red Light," "2019 Was a Very Hot Year," and "Blindly Bubbled"
by Kathi Crawford
Gestures
by Chris Klassen
Your Personal Story
by Paul Perilli
The Burden of Being Pope Sixtus IV
by A Sardine on Vacation
Six Images, December 2024
by KJ Hannah Greenberg
On writing and facehuggers: in eight parts
by Facundo Rompehuevos
Believe Them
by Travis McGavin
"The Children," "Another Day," and "All the Quiet"
by Holly Day
"Haiku String," "A Human Sonnet," and "Poverty Stricken"
by Skinner Matthews
"Silver Linings" and "If I Had Known Then"
by Amy Ballard Rich
"what for," "the F-name," and "es flat minor"
by Levi Wagenmaker
A Fly on the Wall
by Cyrus Sarfaty
Dictator in a Bottle
by Jessie Seigel
Unlikely Saints, July 2024
with James Norman, JP Bartley, Walker Rose, and Daryl Gussin
The Metaphor Peddler
by Regina Rheda
Custom Roll
by Koushik Banerjea
"Home Movies," "Catholic Lust: A Million Mad Clocks," and "Probing Puppets and Peeping Toms"
by Peter Marra
"Dear Abby:," "Diner," and "Haiku and Sources"
by Zev Shanken
Three from Portland, Oregon
by dan raphael
Process of Elimination (continued)
by A Sardine on Vacation
"The Higher the Heat, the Hotter the Soup Pot," "Being This," and "The Heavy Task of Saving the World"
by James Grabill
'A sweet cloud dissolves in wet eyes,' 'who is hiding in military uniform,' and 'The phallus of the gun is afraid...'
by Mykyta Ryzhykh
Deborah Makes Peace
by Marcie Roman
More Style
by Crockett Doob
Why the War Movie Matters
by Scott Holleran
Egoless
by Scott Holleran
"Promises I Make From Under My Desk" and "Man vs. Bear"
by Sophie Farthing
"Time Melts" and "I Have Been To Places Of Great Death"
by Nolo Segundo
Building a Better Babel
by Zovi and Iggy Oddity
Best President
by Heikki Huotari
His Calling
by Charlotte M. Porter
"november" and "ode to an addict(ion)"
by David LaBounty
"Hey Joe" and "Flagging Scotland"
by Lynn White
"Bread," "Cosmic Alignment," and "Full Speed Ahead"
by Marc Vincenz
A Preview A Review A Knot
by R.J. Adams
Midnight Oil
by Ava O'Malley