Centaur Lit

01/09/2026

“A lady is walking off with our unused crib. A man bought my wedding ring for $57. I realize there’s still so much stuff on the lawn. I’m going to have to call Hunks Hauling Junk to clear the rest of it away. Either that or watch the Sheriff confiscate my belongings when they post the eviction notice on my door.”
From "The One with the Head Cheerleader Contest" by Beth Sherman
Read more at https://centaurlit.com/the-one-with-the-head-cheerleader-contest-by-beth-sherman/
Art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

01/07/2026

Congratulations to the writers whose pieces from Centaur were selected for inclusion in Best Microfiction 2026!

"We Don't Meet in Buda," by Kelli Short Borges
"Yellow," by Christine H. Chen
"Circus," by Dawn Raffel
"At the Dentist's in Arlington Heights," by Tina S. Zhu

The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

01/01/2026

“Accrding to my thrapist I’m so mssd-up that I mispel and mismach, but I read three studis that prov parasocial relaships can fufil emotional needs in ways tat mirrr traditonal ways.”
From "I can’t tell if I’m in lov with the travl vlogger" by Mandira Pattnaik
Read more at https://centaurlit.com/i-cant-tell-if-im-in-lov-with-the-travl-vlogger-by-mandira-pattnaik/
Art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

12/28/2025

Please join Centaur in congratulating this year's Best Small Fictions nominees!

12/27/2025

“Home is the abandonment on Spruce street, a room for two occupied alone. It’s the room on Fairmount, strangers unbonded, a kiss on the couch and a drive to the beach.”
From "No Such Place" by Jennifer Markert
Read more at https://centaurlit.com/no-such-place-by-jennifer-markert/
Art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

12/18/2025

“When the giant squid takes hold of you, suctioning the flow of oxygen to your brain, it skews the right side of your once-sassy mouth, forcing a look comical, confused.”
From "The Giant Squid" by Catherine Chiarella Domonkos
Read more at https://centaurlit.com/the-giant-squid-by-catherine-chiarella-domonkos/
Art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

12/09/2025

“We girls dreamed of white weddings with red roses in Paris, trending colored diamond rings in pink gold, none of these heavy sets of cascading old-fashioned yellow gold chains. We girls swore we wouldn’t be living with the in-laws.”
From "Yellow" by Christine H. Chen
Read more at https://centaurlit.com/yellow-by-christine-h-chen/
Art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

12/05/2025

Please join Centaur in congratulating this year's Best Microfiction nominees!

11/19/2025

Please join Centaur in congratulating this year's Pushcart nominees!

11/15/2025

“I imagined I’d shiver once more to the whispers of his fingers’ light strokes, like rustling silk, our torsos nudging then rubbing, never again do us part rising like birdsong from our long-parched throats.”
From "The Artist’s Wife Jumps Out the Window" by Mikki Aronoff
Read more at https://centaurlit.com/the-artists-wife-jumps-out-the-window-by-mikki-aronoff/
Art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

11/02/2025

The fall 2025 issue of Centaur is live with writing by Mikki Aronoff, Christine H. Chen, Catherine Chiarella Domonkos, Jennifer Markert, Mandira Pattnaik, Beth Sherman, Sudha Subramanian, and Joel Tomfohr, and with art by Nayoun Kim, www.nayounkim.com, “The Centaur.”

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10/06/2025

“The widow’s eyes changed color like a chameleon, depending on her moods and what she wore, which was a thing I couldn’t get enough of. In the morning, they’d appear baby blue and naive—and in the late afternoon, wearing an orange silk scarf, they’d morph into a lurid emerald green. I could imagine her as a dangerously beautiful teenager, and I reached out my hand to her, wishing I had known her all my life.”
From “Color Permanence” by Meg Pokrass
Read at https://centaurlit.com/color-permanence-by-meg-pokrass/