From the Archives: Slide by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick
As we begin to wrap up work on our FILTH issue, I am reminded of one of the pieces published by PRISM that tickled my brain about what kind of work could be teased out if we set a...
From the Archives: Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop
Lovely PRISM reader, we have a big treat for you today, Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop. This short fiction piece was originally published in our Spring 2020 issue, PRISM 58.3, Sprawl. Wishbone is a Michelin-star dessert of a story: it’s...
“She hated poetic justice” : A Review of The Sisters K by Maureen Sun
The Sisters K by Maureen SunUnnamed Press, 2024 Review by Jessica PoonThree sisters and an egomaniac dad are foundational to both Shakespeare’s King Lear and Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. The Sisters K, by Maureen Sun, shares tasting notes with...
Life, Art, and Betrayal: Revisiting the Work of Alice Munro
by Janice Weizman In blogs, opinion pieces, and online forums responding to Alice Munro’s silence in the face of her daughter, Andrea Skinner’s revelations of sexual abuse at the hands of Munro’s second husband, I came across numerous responses...
Presume a plurality: A Review of ANOMIA by Jade Wallace
ANOMIABy Jade WallacePalimpsest Press, 2024Review by Margaryta Golovchenko There is a special quality to a novel written by a poet. This is very much the case with ANOMIA, the debut novel by Jade Wallace, who forms one half of...
Solitary Narrators: A Review of How to Be Alone by Heather Nolan
How to Be AloneHeather Nolan Goose Lane Press, 2023 Review by Marcie McCauley Knowing that Heather Nolan is also a songwriter, one’s tempted to view the structure of their second book, How to Be Alone, like a lyric with...
Jacob Zilber Prize Runner-Up Piece: “Maury’s Lake” by Jason JS Barton
We are excited to share Jason JS Barton’s short story, “Maury’s Lake”. This piece was the Runner-Up Prize Winner of the 2024 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Judge Jackie Ess had this to say about the short story:...
“What Have You Got to Cry About”: A Review of Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt
Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt, translated by Susan OuriouBook*hug Press, 2024 Review by Michelle HardyWhen French-Canadian celebrity chef Adam Dumont accidentally smashes his rental surfboard into the knee of local nineteen-year-old Celia Smith off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard,...
“Inside a Rip”: A Review of Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
BroughtupsyChristina Cooke House of Anansi Press, 2024 Review by Laurence Lewis Neal To read Broughtupsy is to exist, for the duration of its pages, inside a rip. Playing with form allows authors to communicate something visceral, and Christina Cooke’s...