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.
Stranged Writing Release Reading

Stranged Writing Release Reading

The Gravity of the Thing celebrates the release of Stranged Writing: A Literary Taxonomy on October 13th. Join us at The Stacks Coffeehouse to hear contributors Joshua James Amberson, Alex Behr, Lucie Bonvalet, Benjamin Kessler, Matt Rebholz, and Eli Ronick read their defamiliarized works.
Septimus | Lucie Bonvalet

Septimus | Lucie Bonvalet

"Septimus had always had a fondness for cephalopods. The poetry of suction cups, the grace of tentacles, the strangeness of their beaks, the mysterious flexibility of their heads..."