“To say that Wallace took The Drama of the Gifted Child to heart is to put it very mildly indeed. He returned to it over and over again; his notes were made …
Category: Fiction
Read Kirie Pedersen's new story "Fall Like a Stone" in PANK Magazine. …
“Jana drove along the mostly clear highway past decaying Scotch broom, Douglas fir twisted into grotesque shapes, and endless acres of car lots. She was familiar enough with the glance Ruth’s …
Kirie Pedersen’s short story The Observer is in volume 34 of Emrys Journal. The Emrys Foundation strives to forge a lively community of writers, readers and storytellers. The story begins …
Kirie’s new story, “Bird Blind,” appears in Mount Hope, published bi-annually by the Roger Williams University Department of English and Creative Writing. Excerpt: “When I built my cabin on the …
I stopped drinking in Seattle when I was twenty-two. I went to a young people’s gathering, and the people sitting around the table were my age or younger. “I’m an …
When I was 15, I was having a bit of a problem with drugs. I overdosed and almost died. My mother attempted rehab by sending me to a home nursing …
Coterminous Lives Kirie C. Pedersen “Coterminous lives plotted on parallel lines and projected back into the past might be said to have come together.” On the November day it all …
Kirie’s new story “Taking the Edge” Off appears in Lunch Ticket. Lunch Ticket balances cutting edge literary and visual art with conversations about social justice and community activism. The name Lunch Ticket respects …
See an excerpt from Kirie Pedersen’s new story “The Executioners,” nominated for Million Writers Award, in Eclectica: “I almost didn’t work on the Exxon Valdez clean-up because I don’t like …
For each edition of the New Plains Review, we receive countless submissions from writers and artists all across the world. And with each edition, we are never disappointed with the total …
Excerpt from Kirie’s story in hack writers: “What about marriage?” Helen asked. “What about it?” “For all the fuck-ups in my life, I finally met someone,” Helen said. “Eighth time’s …
Read "A Perfect Day for Chanterelles" by Kirie Pedersen in The Great American Literary Magazine. …
Read Kirie Pedersen's latest story "Autobiography of a Day," in superstition [review]. …
First Cancer Then The True Self, a new flash fiction by Kirie Pedersen in Apocrypha Abstractions. …
Read "Giving Blood," a new story by Kirie Pedersen in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. …
Read Kirie Pedersen's new short story "Hawk Strike, with Feathers," in the latest issue of juked. …
Perfect Pitch by Kirie Pedersen in Burrow Press Review. "She asked if I could help out with a friend of hers. He had problems with alcohol, women, and drugs. I …