Fresh-Cut Lit & More FICTION Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue. PRODIGAL SUN by David Lydon-Staley December 16, 2024 SPITFIRE by Jeff Gabel December 16, 2024 WHEN MOUNTAINS WERE PEOPLE by Lindsey Godfrey Eccles December 16, 2024 ORIGIN STORY by Krista Puttler December 16, 2024 THE ARMAGEDDON SURF CLUB by Sinclair Cabocel December 16, 2024 THE BLUE PEN by Alex Rost September 22, 2024 REUNION by David L. Updike September 22, 2024 FIVE HEARTS by David Waters September 22, 2024 SLAPPED by Hart Vetter September 22, 2024 I FEEL LIKE I COULD STAND HERE WITH YOU ALL NIGHT AND IT WOULD BE THE WORST NIGHT OF MY LIFE by Erika Krouse September 22, 2024 THE WINK by Coralie Loon September 22, 2024 ULYSSES by Charles Scott September 22, 2024 ZORAN by Alex Barr June 24, 2024 ACCIDENTAL ROOMMATES by Elaine Chekich June 24, 2024 ARE THEY OR AREN’T THEY? by Meg Yardley June 24, 2024 SCREAMING EAST ON I-10 by Patrick Strickland June 24, 2024 TELL ME IF IT HURTS by SV Bertrand June 24, 2024 BABY DOLL by Marlene Tholl June 24, 2024 MS. ROBBERS by J. Bradley Minnick June 24, 2024 Captain Jonah by Finley Foster June 24, 2024 THE POD by Nicole Brogdon March 25, 2024 THE BACK NINE by Kim Magowan March 25, 2024 MIGUEL’S SANCHO by T.S. Bender March 25, 2024 BABY, SWEETHEART, HONEY by Katie Tonellato March 25, 2024 SUSPENSION POINTS by Julian Shendelman March 25, 2024 EXHUME by Sofia Drummond-Moore March 25, 2024 PROXIMITY by Sofi Guven March 25, 2024 THE DETRIMENT OF DOUBT by Hannah Smart December 26, 2023 A MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP by J. Bradley Minnick December 26, 2023 THE LOVE by Monique Danielle December 26, 2023 STAY ON THE LINE by Richie Zaborowske December 26, 2023 SONG OF THE REDWOODS by David Waters December 26, 2023 FREEDOM TRAIL by Joshua Ambre December 26, 2023 RETROSPECTIVE by Marie Manilla December 26, 2023 CONFESSIONS by Micah Muldowney September 28, 2023 DINNER IS AT SEVEN-THIRTY by David Jack Sparks September 28, 2023 Drunk In the Graveyard by Robert Nazar Arjoyan September 28, 2023 ENSENADA by Ellie J. Anderson September 28, 2023 HOME AWAY FROM HOME by Cecile Callan September 28, 2023 LINA AND NINA by Elizabeth Brus September 28, 2023 ZENITH by Cody Shrum September 28, 2023 THE BODY by Isabel Cristina Legarda September 28, 2023 THE BANKRUPT CIRCUS by J. Bradley Minnick June 28, 2023 SUNK BY MINES by Tom Sokolowski June 28, 2023 FIVE SECONDS by Matthew Burrell June 28, 2023 THE ACTIVIST IN THE NURSING HOME by Pat Ryan June 28, 2023 HELL’S MOUNTAIN by Brendan Stephens June 28, 2023 YOUR BEST IMPRESSION by Lauren Baker June 28, 2023 DISTRACTED by Pat Jameson June 28, 2023 SAHARA DREAMS by A. J. Jacono March 29, 2023 THE PHANTOM BABY by A. C. March 29, 2023 THE TATTOO by Wendy MacIntyre March 29, 2023 PARAÍSO by Mark Williams March 29, 2023 SHUTTING DOWN by Thomas Johnson March 29, 2023 RED SUN by Mary Lewis March 29, 2023 VILLAINS by Samantha Neugebauer March 29, 2023 RANDOM PRECISION by Caleb Murray March 29, 2023 THE BEST THING YOU REMEMBER by Kelly Pedro March 29, 2023 FIRST CHOICE by Hannah Felt Garner September 26, 2022 MELT by Candice Morrow September 26, 2022 HOW I LEARNED TO SMOKE by Andrew Vincenzo Lorenzen September 26, 2022 HAUNTING VIVIAN by Amy Savage September 26, 2022 FAVOR by Kim Magowan September 26, 2022 OFF by Suphil Lee Park September 26, 2022 ZOLOFT NANNY by Madeleine Gavaler September 26, 2022 BIRTHING LESSONS by Rebecca Ackermann June 24, 2022 THE SOFT ANIMALS by Nathan Willis June 24, 2022 THE UNDERCURRENT by Mariana Sabino June 24, 2022 INTUITION by Maggie Mumford June 24, 2022 NO NAME ISLAND by Lara Markstein June 24, 2022 URGENT by Gemini Wahhaj June 24, 2022 EXTRA CREDIT by Colette Parris March 25, 2022 RUNNING ALONE AT NIGHT by Charlotte Moretti March 25, 2022 THE CONTENTS OF MY EXES’ REFRIGERATORS by Michelle Ross March 25, 2022 MEANINGFUL DEPARTURES by Eric Rasmussen March 25, 2022 N ̓X̌AX̌AITKʷ, 1984 by AJ Strosahl March 25, 2022 THE OTHER SIDE by Ann Stoney March 25, 2022 HOOPS by Maggie Hill December 20, 2021 WHY DON’T YOU SHUT UP, WHY DON’T YOU SPEAK UP? by Amy Savage December 20, 2021 CONCERNING RITA HAYWORTH by Kim Magowan December 20, 2021 LEFTOVERS by Regan Puckett September 23, 2021 SEVEN STARTS TO THE WOMAN WHO WENT OVER THE FALLS IN A BARREL by Frankie McMillan September 23, 2021 NIGHTS WHEN I’M TIRED by Peter Amos September 23, 2021 AUTOPSY OR, THE HOUSE OF YOUTH (LIKE A RUSSIAN MOUNTAIN) by J. M. Parker September 23, 2021 LAB RAT VENGEANCE by Sarah Schiff September 23, 2021 THE SKULL by Marc Tweed June 29, 2021 LOAVES by Lizzy Lemieux June 29, 2021 PLENTY OF FISH by Dylan Cook June 29, 2021 SAN ANDREAS HEAVEN by Nick Olson March 29, 2021 GIRL IN THE ENCHANTED KINGDOM by Sandra Florence March 29, 2021 ADDING APPETIZERS by Claire Oleson March 29, 2021 WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL YOUR LIFE? by L. L. Babb December 18, 2020 THE GREENER MY GRASS by Dylan Cook December 18, 2020 FLARE by Mike Nees December 18, 2020 VIOLATION by Seyda Mannion September 29, 2020 PETS FOR PENITENTS by Christopher David Rosales September 29, 2020 DIRTY THIRTY by Shanna Merceron September 29, 2020 SMOKY by Ben Austin September 29, 2020 SOME OTHER CONTINENT by Melissa Benton Barker September 29, 2020 NIGHT CLASS by Jared Lemus September 29, 2020 FOXLEY REDUX by Benjamin Soileau September 29, 2020 GARE DU NORD, 1988 by Kim Magowan September 29, 2020 SOME BRIEF THOUGHTS ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT by Reilly Joret June 29, 2020 THE LIVING AND THE DEAD by Melissa Brooks June 29, 2020 MATRYOSHKA by Marion Peters Denard June 29, 2020 UNDONE by Elaine Crauder June 29, 2020 CLEAN LINES by Caroline Curran March 29, 2020 ANISCIA by Andrea Ellis-Perez March 29, 2020 LA LINEA by Beth Alvarado March 29, 2020 SQUEEZE by Nick Kolakowski March 29, 2020 WELCOME TO TRAIN WRECK by Catherine Parnell March 29, 2020 GASLIGHT AND SHADOWS by Tatyana Sundeyeva March 29, 2020 THE ART OF MAKING ANGELS by Marilee Dahlman December 29, 2019 YOU’VE GOT A TALENT by Stefani Nellen December 29, 2019 A FAMILY MAN by Theo Greenblatt December 20, 2019 4:44 by Leland Cheuk September 16, 2019 KINDNESS WOMAN by Michelle Ross and Kim Magowan September 16, 2019 EXPECTING HIM by Natalie Gerich Brabson September 16, 2019 CONSTANCE COMES HOME by David Priest September 16, 2019 LEAVE NO TRACE by Geri Ulrey June 3, 2019 FIRE HAZARD by Patrick McNeil June 3, 2019 A LOVELY AFTERNOON by Tom Lakin June 3, 2019 GHOST PRINTS by Emily Lackey June 3, 2019 A KNIFE TO A MOTHER by Jessie Glenn June 3, 2019 VICTORY LAP by Tommy Dean March 27, 2019 AMANDA IS MOVING BACK TO MONTANA, ALTHOUGH SHE VOWED SHE’D NEVER DO IT by Raima Larter March 27, 2019 JUST YOU WAIT by Stefani Nellen March 27, 2019 DISPATCHES FROM DEAD CITY by Marie Baléo March 27, 2019 PUNCH by Josh Denslow March 27, 2019 ANGELS IN THE ARCHITECTURE by Dawn Davies December 4, 2018 HALF-LIFE by Doug Ramspeck December 4, 2018 LEO RISING by Anna Dorn December 4, 2018 DINNER by Naomi Xu Elegant December 4, 2018 THIS IS NOT A STORY by Juliana Roth September 5, 2018 MY HUSBAND IS ALWAYS LOSING THINGS by Michelle Ross September 5, 2018 PEANUT MAN by Michael Riess September 5, 2018 COPENHAGEN CEMETERY by Nikolaj Volgushev September 5, 2018 BLIND TREES by Kate LaDew September 5, 2018 WAITING FOR YOU IN PARIS by Jared Levy September 5, 2018 THE FALL ZONE by Laura Moretz June 6, 2018 FROM HERE TO THERE by Gloria Yuen June 6, 2018 CHESHIRE CAT by Sarah Bradley June 6, 2018 THE ZOO by Matt Whelihan June 6, 2018 RETREAT by T.C. Jones June 6, 2018 HEAVY LIFTING by Jennifer Turnquist June 6, 2018 THE NURSES by Verónica Jordán-Sardi March 22, 2018 FIFTY-FIFTY by Avery Bufkin March 22, 2018 GUTSHOT by Thomas Barnes March 22, 2018 FRANCES by Maria Brandt March 22, 2018 SPYING THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A Novelist Grows Roots in the Glamorous, Twisted World of V. C. Andrews by Emma Sloley January 3, 2018 SUFFER THE CHILDREN by Mary Ann McGuigan December 15, 2017 THE COLLECTED DRAFTS OF JESSICA’S CHRISTMAS CARD TO HER EX-HUSBAND by Grace Coberly December 15, 2017 PEETY (WASHINGTON, DC, 1959) by David Satten-López December 15, 2017 TOWARDS AVALON by Nikoletta Gjoni December 15, 2017 THE SONG OF SAINT GEORGE by Kate Spitzmiller December 15, 2017 THIS VIOLENT AND CHERISHED EARTH by Cheryl Pappas December 15, 2017 MISE EN PLACE by Jennifer Fliss December 15, 2017 LOST by B. A. Varghese September 15, 2017 INHERENT RISK by Danielle Holmes September 15, 2017 RETURN TO THE VAMC by Sarah Broderick September 15, 2017 AN EVENING PRAYER by Austen Farrell September 15, 2017 THE BIRD by Cary J. Snider September 15, 2017 COLLATERAL DAMAGE by Julia Gourary June 7, 2017 THE SURFER by Claire Rudy Foster June 7, 2017 THE TOWNSPEOPLE by Emily Livingstone June 7, 2017 IKEA MAN by R.M. Fradkin June 7, 2017 FOR THE LIFE OF YOU by Brandon Timm March 22, 2017 WITH “Y” AS AN ABSENCE OF PAIN by Sarah Sarai March 22, 2017 LITHUANIAN SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS by Louis Wenzlow March 22, 2017 A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME by J.T. Townley March 22, 2017 HOUSEKEEPING IN SEVEN CIGARETTES by Rachel Oestreich March 22, 2017 A DIFFICULT WOMAN by Taylor Kobran March 22, 2017 FUCK DONALD TRUMP by Kyle Kouri March 22, 2017 THE FIRST COMMUNION by Emanuel Melo March 22, 2017 NO REPEAT CUSTOMERS by Josh Wagner December 28, 2016 THE MAESTRO by Amin Matalqa December 28, 2016 JINJU IN THE DUST by Robert Hinderliter December 28, 2016 PHASE THREE OF BAZ LUHRMANN’S RED CURTAIN TRILOGY by Kelly R. Samuels December 28, 2016 SCAPEGOATS by April Vázquez December 28, 2016 A LAND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HERE by Casey Whitworth December 28, 2016 BEAT BOY by Michael Corrao December 28, 2016 THE OBSERVATIONALIST by Alexander Cendrowski December 28, 2016 * FICTITIOUS FORCES by Kaitlyn Burd September 21, 2016 THE OLD WORLDS by Doug Ramspeck September 21, 2016 A FEW QUIRKS OF SURRENDER by Ken O’Steen September 21, 2016 ALONE WITH YOUR OWN DISASTER by Nick Kolakowski September 21, 2016 ANGEL by Jay Duret September 21, 2016 IN GOD’S MAILROOM by Kris Willcox September 21, 2016 A FAMILY by Connor Fieweger September 21, 2016 PERSIMMONS by Alec Hill September 21, 2016 DANCING DOE AND THE GO-GO-GO by Crystel Sundberg-Yannell September 21, 2016 BIRCH WATERS by Meg Pendoley June 8, 2016 On playing an old Jackson guitar leftover from somebody’s pain in the storage room of a nuthatch and playing the opening notes to a song I didn’t yet know and… by Harley Lethalm June 8, 2016 A COMEDY IN ONE ACT by Matthew Di Paoli June 8, 2016 SQUIRREL BEACH by Kim Magowan June 8, 2016 THE WHOLE DAMN LOVELY THING by Melissa Goode June 8, 2016 ENCHANTMENT! by Kea Edwards June 8, 2016 MOUETTES by Kristen Herbert March 16, 2016 THE LIVING MUSEUM by Jen Knox March 16, 2016 LAST WORDS by Willie Davis March 16, 2016 TIAGO by Emanuel Melo March 16, 2016 WHEN THINGS WEAR AWAY OTHER THINGS by Michael Melgaard March 16, 2016 GRANNY AND THE BONEHEAD SQUAD by Maria Pinto March 16, 2016 WE ARE MEANT FOR GREATER THINGS by Jen Julian December 10, 2015 A DIFFERENT KIND OF SLED by Douglas J. Ogurek December 10, 2015 THE VERY DIVERTING HISTORY OF MAYA by Grace Singh Smith December 10, 2015 TALENT SHOW by Nels Hanson December 10, 2015 TORNADO by Mark Brazaitis December 10, 2015 MORE THAN A PAUSE by Nigar Alam December 10, 2015 BELLE FLEUR by Marie Manilla December 10, 2015 KEYS by Kevin Tosca December 10, 2015 THE SECRET WORLD OF YAYO by Erin Victoria Bradley December 10, 2015 TWO DOORMEN by Alexia Underwood December 10, 2015 TAKEAWAY by Donald Quist December 10, 2015 THE DISABLED by Aimee LaBrie December 10, 2015 HEDERA HELIX by Claire Rudy Foster September 16, 2015 GOD: USER REVIEWS by Diane Arieff September 16, 2015 MAIL-ORDER BRIDE by Sara Baker September 16, 2015 BOYS WITH FACES LIKE MIRRORS by Joe Baumann September 16, 2015 LESSONS IN PROBABILITY THEORY by Tony Gorry September 16, 2015 THE DROP SHOT by Shola Olowu-Asante September 16, 2015 THE AIRPORT AND THE MUSEUM by Laura Tanenbaum September 16, 2015 THE YELLOW FACEMASK by Tasha Coryell September 16, 2015 WHALE WATCHING by Lisa J. Sharon June 10, 2015 GIRL ON THE MOON by Andy Bailey June 10, 2015 ALINA by Svetlana Beggs June 10, 2015 THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US by Samantha Memi June 10, 2015 THE VALLEY by Nick Kolakowski June 10, 2015 THE NUT KING by Necee Regis June 10, 2015 THE CORNER OF NUTLEY AVE by Tania Moore June 10, 2015 A SEA OF GURNEYS by Lisa Lynne Lewis June 10, 2015 BLACK WINGS FLAPPING by Shmu’el Bashevis Ben’yamin June 10, 2015 A MID SUMMER SOIRÉE by Emily Steinberg June 10, 2015 YOU WON’T REMEMBER by M. Goerig June 10, 2015 THE LIGHTFOOTED THIEVES by Lucy Ribchester March 18, 2015 HOLIDAY by Kim Steele March 18, 2015 DOUBLE FEATURE by Ariella Carmell March 18, 2015 QUERENCIA by Leticia Urieta March 18, 2015 A LETTER by Talila Baron March 18, 2015 GEOLOGY by Patrick Ball March 18, 2015 SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BROKEN NOSE by Marc Labriola March 18, 2015 JEEP, RED by Donald Collins March 18, 2015 THE HURRICANE by Gemini Wahhaj March 18, 2015 TALLBOY by Rachel Hochhauser March 18, 2015 FIGURES OF SPEECH by John Shea December 11, 2014 SILKWORM by Emilia Rodriguez December 11, 2014 THE HERD by Annika Neklason December 11, 2014 IF YOU DO NOT KNOW by David Hallock Sanders December 11, 2014 NO-BAKE by Charles Ramsay McCrory December 11, 2014 THE SLOW ACTS by Sanaë Lemoine December 11, 2014 ORPHANS by Becky Tuch December 11, 2014 BERGAMOT by Alina Grabowski December 11, 2014 THE WEEKLY VISIT by Emanuel Melo December 11, 2014 THE CONVERSATION by Robert Pulwer September 10, 2014 METEMPSYCHOSIS by Caleb Murray September 10, 2014 RAVEN IN THE GRASS by Kelly Ann Jacobson September 10, 2014 THE INGREDIENTS OF DOG FOOD by Kevin Tosca September 10, 2014 EMILY by Jan-Erik Asplund September 10, 2014 CUTMAN by Marc Labriola September 10, 2014 SUNDAY IN VENICE by Julie Kearney September 10, 2014 MAGDALENE’S DREAM by João Cerqueira September 10, 2014 LE PAIN D’AFFLICTION by Steven Anthony George September 10, 2014 HOW A GHOST IS MADE by Sean Jackson September 10, 2014 IS THIS IT by Sidney Thompson June 11, 2014 BALLAD by Patrick Dacey June 11, 2014 THE ELEPHANT by Erika Price June 11, 2014 THE THING ABOUT A BOAT-IN-A-BOTTLE IS NOBODY STEERS by Erin Peraza June 11, 2014 IT’S THE NOISE YOU MISS MOST IN THIS GIANT NEW WORLD by Henry Margenau June 11, 2014 BIRDS / NERVES by Max Bartlett June 11, 2014 FLYING by Grace Jordan June 11, 2014 HUNGER by Amy Burns June 11, 2014 COUCH by Jenny Wales Steele June 10, 2014 TOUGH by Geoff Peck June 10, 2014 HUNGRY by Rachel Estrada Ryan March 5, 2014 BUNGALESE CONSTRICTOR by Jason Kapcala March 5, 2014
I FEEL LIKE I COULD STAND HERE WITH YOU ALL NIGHT AND IT WOULD BE THE WORST NIGHT OF MY LIFE by Erika Krouse September 22, 2024
AMANDA IS MOVING BACK TO MONTANA, ALTHOUGH SHE VOWED SHE’D NEVER DO IT by Raima Larter March 27, 2019
SPYING THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A Novelist Grows Roots in the Glamorous, Twisted World of V. C. Andrews by Emma Sloley January 3, 2018
THE COLLECTED DRAFTS OF JESSICA’S CHRISTMAS CARD TO HER EX-HUSBAND by Grace Coberly December 15, 2017
On playing an old Jackson guitar leftover from somebody’s pain in the storage room of a nuthatch and playing the opening notes to a song I didn’t yet know and… by Harley Lethalm June 8, 2016