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Geriatric Happiness – D. Larissa Peters

Geriatric Happiness by D. Larissa Peters It’s hard to settle into this happiness –—the tandem bike, looking at rings kind— —the tiny kick, read all the books you can kind—

At Katy’s – Leland Seese

At Katy's — By Leland Seese Every dog is known by name, knows the crumbs across the floor are for the taking. There will never be a Katy’s II or Katy’s East. Katy keeps it…

Martin Originally published in the Summer 2025 issue of the SDL Review, available in print on our website and on Amazon. Also available in eBook form on Kindle. Subscribe and save! Leland Seese Martin was…

Best of the Net Nominations

Our Best of the Net nominations.

My Father’s Closet By Jim Burns- Best of The Net Poetry Nomination

My Father’s Closet By Jim Burns — Best of the Net Poetry Nomination. Originally published in The SDL Review: MAY 2025

Happy Here By Angela Townsend – Best of The Net CNF Nomination

Happy Here By Angela Townsend — Best of the Net CNF Nomination Originally published in The SDL Review: MAY 2025

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A Carla Sarett Review of Grace Massey’s A Future with Bromeliads

A Carla Sarett Review of Grace Massey’s A Future with Bromeliads. Grace Massey comes late to the world poetry, after a career as an editor. Emotional maturity is on full display in her debut chapbook,…

Thanks for the Evidence by Tess Godhardt Each finger on your calloused hand left an imprint on my neck. I display each red indentation for the officer’s flashing camera. Are there any other injuries? I imagine grabbing the butcher’s knife from the kitchen drawer nearby, slicing myself from sternum to stomach, peeling my skin open, and pointing his camera to the six years’ worth of gouges your sharp words had carved into my insides like tally marks in a prisoner’s cell. Blowups of each and every gash would be paraded in front of the jury. You’d get ten years, easy. Your mother would cry, but not because she’s raised an abuser. She would weep because her baby boy doesn’t deserve to go to jail. Your alcoholic father would remain at home. Ten beers in. Unsurprised by who you’ve become. The officer patiently waits for the daydream to end. My vocal cords sting as the word “no,” makes its way up my sandpapered throat. Yet, the burn is simultaneously soothing. The choking may not get you ten years, but it does get me my freedom.

Thanks for the Evidence – Tess Godhardt Flash Fiction

Thanks for the Evidence - Flash Fiction by Tess Godhardt featured in the Spring Issue of The SDL Review.

Indie Author Spotlight: Carla Sarett

Carla Sarett’s Any Excuse for a Party The 21 poems in Any Excuse for a Party are funny, or occasionally funny, but with soul—

Indie Author Spotlight: Molly Blake

Indie Spotlight: Molly Blake— All Damien Bryant wants is to spend the rest of his undeath on his peaceful Alaskan homestead. He’s perfectly happy with his animals for company, the occasional climber’s blood...

Spring Indie Staff Picks –

Staff Picks May2025