Stories from
January, 2010

Adam, now Eve-less, stood before his most exquisite Bonsai, wallowing in the miseries of youth.

Seth is S.H. Gall in Word Riot, SmokeLong Issues 1 and 27, and Five Star Literary Stories.

He writes the perfect tweet. Nails it. It’s Hemingwayesque. The Shakespeare of all tweets! One tiny problem, though. It has 141 characters.

Bruce Harris enjoys relaxing with a Marxman.

Here is a list of Nanoism’s 2009 nominations for Best of the Net, Best of the Web, and The Micro Award. A big New Year’s thank you to the writers who have given us the honor of reading their work. And as always, thank you for reading.

Sundress Best of the Net 2009

• “Dakar 1989” by J.S. Graustein
• 8 (“Machine”) by Mari Ness

Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web

• 3 (“Wearing purple shorts…”) by Lauren Becker
• 20 (“His parents had told him…”) by Steve Calvert
• 36 (“She works cleaning”) by Jennifer Tatroe

The Micro Award

• 96 (“She hadn’t wanted one”) by Marcelle Heath
• “Can You Hear?” by David Erlewine