'She learned seven-card stud from her first husband's family... No one expected her to bluff, even after she'd won many rounds by bluffing. Maybe she should have known then.' --Jules Fitz Gerald on our mainpage: wigleaf.com

'An only child, she'd been taught to play Solitaire with a physical deck and knew it as a lesson in the tedium of loneliness.' --Jules Fitz Gerald on the Wigleaf mainpage.

new new: 'Play Your Cards,' by Jules Fitz Gerald: wigleaf.com

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new new: 'Lágrimas,' by Peter Cherches: wigleaf.com

the very first feature of the magazine is live right now, so check out 'the headache' by Z.H. ! I'm very excited and honored to open the magazine on such a high note, so take a read and show zack some love!

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new new: Joseph Young's 'Basho: Champ of Haiku: Comes for Late Summertime Lunch': wigleaf.com

“*I know*, you say on the early morning cab ride across town, which means more than just *I know*, which means *I love you*, and *if only*, and …”

Three Billion Blue-Green Years by Erin Calabria in Wigleaf wigleaf.com/202405billion.…

'All those private anniversaries of joy and grief we can't help but revisit on our own little orbits around the sun.'
Love this one by Erin Calabria Wigleaf:

“We are on our way to the hospital because of a glitch in my code, a pull in my fabric, always about to tear. I know the whole universe is riddled with holes”

Stardust and blue green cells in this beauty by Erin Calabria in Wigleaf

new on our mainpage (and not to be missed!): Erin Calabria's 'Three Billion Blue-Green Years': wigleaf.com

'...I might pause at the sink, watching the last few soap bubbles shimmer their tiny, iridescent worlds before they each go pop pop pop, and think, That's how life kept trying to become life.'

Erin Calabria in Wigleaf

new new: 'Three Billion Blue-Green Years,' by Erin Calabria: wigleaf.com Erin Calabria

Do we, for the 3rd time in 4 years, have amazing Pushcart news? YESSSSSSSS. Huge congrats, Mathieu Cailler; can't wait to read you in Pushcart Prize Volume XLIX 💥

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Hey! I have a (very short) story in Wigleaf this week.

Check it out: wigleaf.com

'I was paying my dues. Biding my time before my number was called.' Ravi Mangla in @wigleaf 👏👏👏

She took my hand in her own. She said what she had waited for years to say to me. Love!
Ravi Mangla Wigleaf

'I eventually gave up on the letter, on trying to put what I felt into words.'
Love this one by Ravi Mangla Wigleaf:

new new: 'Headlines,' by Ravi Mangla: wigleaf.com Ravi Mangla