RIGHTEOUS RAGE
May 15, 2026
Original artwork by Eileen Kineke
I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
Editor’s Note
FROM CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF MELISSA ROTERT & KRISTIN HOULIHAN
Microfiction
T.L. TOMLJANOVIC | BEFORE THE GROUND GETS TOO HARD
T.L. TOMLJANOVIC | OTHER MOMS STAND IN AN IMPENETRABLE CIRCLE OF BACKS
ROMY MORREO | AFTER THE LAST ABDUCTION
ROMY MORREO | INFESTATION
EMILY HALL | WHAT REMAINS
Flash Fiction
KIRA COLEMAN | AN ORDINARY OCCURRENCE IN THE KITCHEN
JEFF RADWELL | GYPSUM AND DUST
LM FONTANES | TALK TO ME
DC DIAMONDOPOLOUS | 1969: THE STONEWALL INN
COLE BEAUCHAMP | WHEN MY DEAD AUNT JOINS ME ON THE PROTEST MARCH
RACHEL RODMAN | MY BIRTH STORY
KELLY MURASHIGE | EVEN A WORM
MELISSA RUTH ROTERT | ALL ABOUT [INSERT HUSBAND HERE]
Poetry
JOE COY | RUMBLE
LAURA HANNETT | ALECTO
CANDACE KRONEN | DEFIANCE IS SACRED WORK
LY FAULK | I JUST WANT TO TALK
KAREN BAUMGART | A POEM IN WHICH I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ANGRY
SHAUN JEX | RABBIT, RUN
TERRI WATROUS BERRY | PUNISHMENT
AMANDA TROUT | ICE MURDERS A POET BLOCKS FROM WHERE POLICE MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD
LOUIS FABER | I SWORE
GRANT SHIMMIN | THE NEWS
KRISTIN HOULIHAN | IF I DIE FROM THIS
Creative Nonfiction
KATE CHOI | HIGH-FUNCTIONING
MEGAN HANLON | LISTEN
LUCINDA GUARD CROFTON | DROWNING
FLAVIA BRUNETTI | CAVITIES
LIANA | DON’T BE AFRAID OF ME I CAN’T REACH THE TOP SHELF
Accompanying Art
NEHA SAMPAT | AWEDACITY
NEHA SAMPAT | MIGRAINE TRIGGER, MD
JOANNE MACIAS | A THOUSAND WISHES
CATHERINE McGUIRE | YOU KNEW I WAS A SNAKE
CATHERINE McGUIRE | LION DOG
DAVE MADELONI | RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME
JUDY ASSAAD | TREATING MAKES MORE MONEY THAN CURING
DMITRY BORSHCH | “BUSH-MALIKI NEWS CONFERENCE. BAGHDAD, DECEMBER 2008”
DOREN ROBBINS | DANCE STUDENT CAUGHT IN A MISSILE STRIKE
DOREN ROBBINS | AFTER A BOMBING
DOREN ROBBINS | BLUES FOR IRAN, GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE IN RUBBLE
EILEEN KINEKE | BECOMING
EILEEN KINEKE | LISTEN
MELISSA RUTH ROTERT | WHO WILL NOTICE THE REAPER?