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“Kunik” by Hiokit Lao
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Issue #17 ~ Autumn 2024

Release Date: October 17, 2024

Poetry

Little Sparrow, Baby Mole (The MoMo Twins) by  Carey Salerno
Uncountable by Marina Cooper
Asset Management by Karissa Ho
Trauma is a Lullaby in Igbo by Nwodo Chukwu Divine
A Convalescent Home for Retired Prophets by  Chase Dimock
In Memory of Birdperson by William Bonfiglio

Flash Creative Nonfiction

My Mother, the Story-Weaver by Kiana Govoni
The Crush of Dusk by  Michaela Evanow

Short Fiction

Babygirl by Mychal Hope
Puppy by Deidre Jaye Byrne
Before the Waters by Corrina Chan

Flash Fiction

Regular Headed Calf by Rory O’Neill
The Great Swim Divide by Amanda Siri Hill
Empty Nesting by Andrea Villa Franco

Short Creative Nonfiction

Amongst Women by Kathryn O’Day
A List of Missoula Area Grocery Stores to Cry In, Ranked by Daniela Garvue

With Artwork By:

Hiokit Lao, Cynthia Yatchman, Karissa Ho, John Widdowson, Rovaida Saleh, Britnie Walston, Lizzie Falvey, and Audrey Larson

Micro Monday

Features brief fiction, cnf, and poetry. It’s like a shot of literary adrenaline to jump start your week.

This week’s Feature…

The Echo of Footsteps by Ibrahim Abdulhakeem

Each step carried the weight of exhaustion, of dreams deferred and dignity swallowed in silence. Ayo would listen from his room, curled up with his homework, his hands clammy as he gripped his pen. Would today be different? Would the tension in the air dissipate, leaving room for laughter instead of raised voices?…

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TGLR Spotlight…

Author Q&A with Sarah Schiff

We all know that fiction lies its way to the truth, so I want to promote truth in a world riddled with lies, and I want to add just a little bit of beauty to a world that, at times, can be heartbreakingly ugly…

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by Shyla Shehan

The Latest News…

2025 Best Small Fiction Nominations

Today, and for the first time ever, we’re tossing our proverbial hat into the “Best Small Fiction” ring. Best Small Fiction is a contest facilitated and judged by editors at Alternating Current Press.

We’re not really tossing “our” hat, though… We’re tossing the hat of these five authors whose stories we published in 2024…

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by Shyla Shehan

More exclusive interviews with our contributors…

For all the news, interviews, book reviews, and Micro Monday features visit The Buzz

TGLR News

2024 Honeybee Prize Results and Summer Issue
2024 Spring issue is HERE
Winter 2024 Best Of edition is available in print!
2024 New Year’s Revelations
TGLR is officially a nonprofit

More news and announcements here!

The Good Life Review nominates for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net

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2023 Pushcart nominations
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2022 Pushcart nominations
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from the archives:

Funny by L. L. Babb

Funny | L. L. Babb Kiki spent six years in prison learning how to shut down. When she was released to the halfway house, her counselor tried to help her…

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Two Poems by Bob Hicok

Fire | Bob Hicok Is your solitude crushing?Do you feel like a milk cartonat the bottom of the oceanwith your face on it asking the abyss,Have you seen this child?The…

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Summer Elegy II by Todd Robinson

Summer Elegy II | Todd Robinson Nebraska’s bare branchespaw at skies full of pointless blue, mercurial daymoon.Powerless like me or my disabled wifewobbling our broken palace in cashmere and bracken. She…

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submissions:

We are currently open for all genres plus artwork! We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and… YES we are a paying market! ($60 per piece published in the seasonal issue, $25 per piece published in Micro Monday, $50 for cover art).

The Good Life Review is seeking previously unpublished work by writers from all walks of life. Please read submission guidelines and when you’re ready, head over to Submittable to sent us your work.

IMAGE:  “Haley and Celeste” by Cameron Shipley

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