Skies of America (X-R-A-Y, 2024)
Very excited to have a short story in X-R-A-Y as part of their "sad Christmas" theme. Check it out here: https://xraylitmag.com/skies-of-america-by-mike-barthel/fiction/
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Does Spring Breakers Have a Moral? (Bullett, 2013)
I was thinking the other day about Spring Breakers, and went looking for the piece I wrote about seeing it in a nearly-empty Indiana theater, only to find that the site has been stricken from the internet. Rereading it, I see some interesting parallels with my other writing on pop,
Known Unknowns + EP
I have a story out in Fish Barrel Review, called "Known Unknowns." I've also released an EP of experimental guitar/noise music as APOPHRA. You can hear it on all the streaming services, or get it on Bandcamp.
Vibrational Match
Looks like the publisher of this story has gone fully offline, so I’ll post it here! "What is that sound?" said Sutwin. "A Hobart CLeN?" “Can I get a consensus check?” said Ally. It was quiet in the room as we listened, but then, it
A Minor Prophet (Flash Fiction Magazine, 2024)
A Minor ProphetDeborah Sale-Butler