New Reader Magazine's second issue of 2019, “Keeper of Fire” is an ode to people who are protecting legacies and stories and to those who have ignited ideas that will be passed along.
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A story about the clash of two groups of young men. One group is hoping to avoid a fight, the other is committed to impose violence.
This story is about a meeting between an abandoned daughter and her father who has summoned her because of his ostensible impending death from cancer.
Avra Margariti is a queer Social Work undergrad from Greece. She enjoys storytelling in all its forms and writes about diverse identities and experiences. This story a fictional recount of the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Scavenging in a heap of garbage of Tondo, Manila, Jose hears a shot and a loud scream. He runs home and learns that the police are implementing Operation Tokhang, the drive to eliminate drug users in the Philippines.
When Silas Bailey is asked to be the driver for a local Bible college's evangelism team, he is surprised that one of the students, a missionary kid named Aishwarya McClelland, triggers a painful memory
Eight-year-old Lydia and her family move to Atlanta from cross the country. There, they meet Isaac, a 40-something neighbor who befriends Lydia and her younger brother, Miles.
Scorched Wool centers on an increasingly bizarre set of confrontations between the protagonist, a campground manager, and the local police detective who, years earlier, tried to manipulate the protagonist into confessing to arson.
When Frederick spots Ansel standing on the edge of a cliff, ready to jump, he decides to use himself as an example that life gets better. When it comes time to preach his message, however, he mysteriously forgets the names of his wife and children.
The article chronicles Clarence Spady’s rise in the early '90s, his battles with addiction, his sobriety and the organic nature of the blues that he carries with him today and always.
Matias Diaz is a Cuban American attorney. He retired recently after four decades of law practice. After his retirement, he has redirected his efforts towards creative writing.
With his father away on a business trip, a little boy gets paranoid when he uncovers his mother is alone with another man in their room.
This story concerns an ice cream truck proprietor in rural Florida struggling to keep going.
This short narrative follows the experience of a retired outdoorsman as he leaves a First Nations reservation in Northwestern Ontario when he inherits a condominium in Toronto.
Con Chapman's poems have appeared in Light, Mulberry Fork Review, Scene & Heard, Spitball and other literary magazines.
Aggie's mother was a friend and den mother to all wanderers, carnies, and oddballs. Now that her mother is gone, Aggie finds herself struggling to navigate...
Cacia Zoo has a lust for life. An artist who lives in NYC and works with many different mediums, she spoke to New Reader Magazine about her views on art, sex, censorship, and what inspires her work.
Lucy Marcus lives in Southwest Virginia, where she is an MFA Candidate and Teaching Fellow at Hollins University. She recently received the Melanie Hook Rice Award in the Novel and the Andrew James Purdy Prize for Short Fiction.
A short fiction by Andy Tu. Andy likes being mysterious and hidden. Read more of his work in the June 2018 issue.
John Franklin Dandridge received his MFA in poetry from Columbia College Chicago. His chapbook, Further Down Rd., was published in 2010 by Fast Geek Press. Catch “reflective thought wave” and more of his poetry in the June 2018 issue.
Jan Angelique Dalisay hails from the Queen City of the South — Cebu, Philippines. Read more of her poetry at Wordpress and Medium. Or follow her on Instagram: @gygroone
New scifi by Rob Hartzell explores virtual reality and uploaded intelligence.
The Pure Souls was first published in the "Multivision" issue of New Reader Magazine.
Jan Sunday, photographer and punk rock vocalist, talks about philosophy, sexuality, and the pain of freedom with New Reader Magazine.
“An Appreciation,” poem by Charles Leggett. He is a professional actor based in Seattle, WA. His poetry has been published in over three dozen journals all over the world.
Tell me about the time you spent in Paris, Ma. New fiction by Pushcart Prize nominee, Steve Carr.
Must I apply for my passport in person? May I apply for my Martian passport by mail? How long does it take to receive...
Purgatory is a webcomic about life, death, and the in-between. Story by writer Don Mancha III, illustrated by Anubisazp. Article by M. Dominique Dela Paz.
This week New Reader Magazine features Intel Japitana, multidisciplinary artist and curator. Article by M. Dominique Dela Paz.
Short fiction by Tony Koval. A man wakes up in the middle of nowhere, hardly knowing who he is and why his dog is dead. A strange presence pursues him.
Brandon Marlon’s poetry has been awarded the Harry Hoyt Lacey Prize in Poetry (Fall 2015), and his writing has been published in over 200 publications.
Some poems don’t really talk much/instead some sprout limbs and learn to walk . . . “Right Words,” a poem by Tiny Diapana.
r. miller is an avant-garde poet whose work has been featured in several publications. He is the author of Separate Instances of Loneliness.
Judy Shepps Battle has been writing essays and poems long before retiring from her work as a psychotherapist and sociology professor.
Survival by Murph Little is a flash fiction piece about a man’s struggle to find work while dealing with mental health issues.
New Reader Magazine, a young online literary, arts, and culture journal, is sending out a call to writers and artists of all disciplines for contributions...
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