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A Thread of Imagery Connecting Fiction, Poetry, Flash Fiction and More

Review of Fourteen Hills, Spring 2012 by Cortney Phillips

This issue of Fourteen Hills, published twice a year by the MFA students at San Francisco State University, is a collection of striking imagery. From my first glimpse of the cover image—a deer standing wide-eyed on a beach covered in trash—to the content of the stories, poems, and artwork inside, I was repeatedly captivated by memorable visual after memorable visual.

The fiction of this issue ranges from very short flash pieces of just a page in length to full and detailed stories spanning over thirty pages. Kicking off the...

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For Writers Who Are Going To Do Big Things

Interview with Sandra Allen, Editor of Wag's Revue

On page one of each issue, you provide dictionary-style definitions of “wag” and “revue,” citing phrases such as “ludicrously mischievous,” “numerous unrelated scenes,” and “entirely new form.” In what ways do those terms (or any others you’d like to bring up) define your magazine’s philosophy?

"Wag" was meant as a portmanteau of "web"...

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Books and Babies–How Do Writers With Families Balance It All?

By Becky Tuch

There’s a hilarious bit in one of Louis C.K.’s comedy routines in which he talks about family life. How do parents really feel on a day-to day basis? “Well,” C.K. says, “my wife has assassinated my sexual identity and my children are eating my dreams.”

It’s funny because it’s true…And yet it’s not. The comedian’s dreams can’t have been...

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