Jennifer Lang, Places We Left Behind (Vine Leaves Press)

Jennifer Lang has two multimedia books forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press, including Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-Miniature (September, 2023) and Landed: A Yogi’s Memoir in Pieces & Poses (October, 2024). Jennifer's poetry appeared in our Summer 2020 issue.

The Gravity of the Thing in Best Small Fictions 2023

Congratulations to our past contributors whose work was selected for Best Small Fictions 2023! "Love in the Knots of the Coptic Stitch" by Beth Kephart originally appeared in our Fall 2022 issue, and "Signs" by Lucie Bonvalet originally appeared in SAND Journal.

Benjamin Kessler, Of This World (Game Over Books)

Benjamin Kessler is the author of the short story collection Of This World, released by Game Over Books. His story "How to Build a Box" was the feature of our Winter 2019 issue as well as anthologized in our Stranged Writing anthology.

Stranged Writing: 2022 INDIES Award Finalist

Our first print publication, Stranged Writing: A Literary Taxonomy, is a finalist for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the anthologies category. A very big congratulations to our contributors and editors!

Stranged Writing Reviews in 2022

"[Stranged Writing] asks for us to engage, not scroll, to think, not just document: it insists on our humanity." Reviews of our first anthology, Stranged Writing: A Literary Taxonomy, are emerging in the literary community.

2022 Nominations: Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and More

The Gravity of the Thing's editors are pleased to share our 2022 nominations for the Best of the Net anthology, the Best Small Fictions anthology, the Best American anthologies, and more.