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Josh Denslow’s story “Going Peacefully” explores the way an item of clothing can open up a shivering longing. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJune 13, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with John Jodzio

John Jodzio’s flash" “I’m Alive But I’m in Asheville” features lemon extract, air bags, a water park, and grief trying to find an exit. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJune 12, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Ally Ang

Ally Ang’s poem “From Holes We Emerged, and Into Holes We Shall Return” makes space for the space between things, invites us to peer inside. Here they share just one thing about the piece.

SLMJune 5, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Cindy House

Cindy House’s essay “Chipmunk”features a rogue rodent, a new baby, piles of poop, and the moment someone transforms into a complete stranger. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMay 29, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Vincent James Perrone

Vincent James Perrone’s story “Collaboration” contains attempts to decouple, wine stains, rabbit bites, and the afterlife. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMay 8, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Neeru Nagarajan

Neeru Nagarajan’s flash “Deadheading” gives us a tender portrait of a woman drowning in the flowers growing from her own body.. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMay 1, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Dante Fuoco

Dante Fuoco’s essay “We’ve Got War to Cover” directs us to look hard at the difficult, the uncomfortable, the forgotten. Here Dante shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMApril 14, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Eleanor Fuller

Eleanor Fuller’s story “Little Death Born Again” draws us in with a character’s search for escape, sanctuary, ecstasy. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMApril 10, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Sophie Hoss

Sophie Hoss’s flash “Darkness Rushes Out of Itself” dives into Death’s day-to-day business with a blend of graveside humor and tenderness Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMApril 3, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Selen Ozturk

Selen Ozturk’s flash “Cancer” looks pain dead in the face, refuses to blink. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMarch 6, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Jill Kitchen

Jill Kitchen’s poem “in a parallel universe, there is nothing i cannot do” uses a gorgeous cascade of language to open a portal into a different state of being. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMFebruary 13, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Ciara Alfaro

Ciara Alfaro’s essay “Beauty Mark” catalogues the way the female body is expected to move, to perform, to please, to disappear. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMFebruary 6, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Daisuke Takakura

Daisuke Takakura’s artwork “Cerulean Whirlwinds” captures movement and possibility in a space between the real and the imagined. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 30, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Sasha Brown

Sasha Brown’s flash “Catching Babies” is a delightfully terrifying romp full to the brim with spontaneously generated new humans. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 28, 2025blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Nini Berndt

Nini Berndt’s flash “Wingdings” aches and yearns for something, tries to close a fist around what’s missing. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 14, 2025blog, just one thing