The Writing Disorder

09/22/2026

Enjoy reading the Fall 2026 Issue of The Writing Disorder, featuring all new Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction and Art. The best writers are the best readers.

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FICTION
The Bliss of the Daffodil by William D. Baker
Anabasis by Robert Earle
Happy Together by Laura Zinn Fromm
The Sofa Empire by Tabitha Crow Grimsbane
Where Ashes Lay by Katherine Haun
A Good Edge by Mary Lewis
The Bump by Drew Merryman
Where to Bella! by PJ Steinholtz
The Price for Peace of Mind by Anna Vecellio

POETRY
Emma Atkins
Paul Dickey
Robert P. Hansen
Ellena Kappos
Jim Murdoch
Diane Webster

NONFICTION
Your Bus, My Bus, Arbus by K.B. Dixon
Fiction After Forty by James W. Morris
Just a Touch of OCD by Terry Riccardi

BOOK REVIEW: Oppression by Judith Skillman, Review by Kurt Olsson

ART
The Photography of K.B. Dixon

The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal. We publish new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art. We also feature interviews and reviews.

06/22/2026

Enjoy reading the new Summer 2026 issue of The Writing Disorder, with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. This issue features the fantastic artwork of Jeff Bliumis. Have a great summer!

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FICTION
The Last Breath of August by MG Allan
A Man with Great Taste by Miles Efron
Beyond the Water’s Edge by Mary Ann McGuigan
The Cabinet of Kimber Lee by Jennifer Robbins Mullen
Textbook Case by Meg D. Newman
Taking the Bull by Margaret Parker
How to Murder Your Neighbor by Salem Withington

POETRY
Paula Appling
Paul Bavister
Sally Butler
Edward Johnson
Mark Katrinak
A.J. Moss

NONFICTION
Jackie, Jesus, and King Charles by Leslie Armstrong
It’s Not Your Fault by Alexandria Gomes
Los Alamos: Complicit by Julie Piehler
BOOK REVIEW: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar— Review by Sumaiya Aftab Ahmed
A 21st-Century Vision for an Age-Old Problem by Mark Richert and Pris Rogers

ART
The Art of Jeff Bliumis

The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal. We publish new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art. We also feature interviews and reviews.

03/20/2026

Read the spring 2026 issue of The Writing Disorder — with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Drop by and enjoy all the new work.

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The Writing Disorder | Spring 2026 Issue

FICTION
Alessandria Vignettes by Rongili Biswas
Jasper by Sharon L. Dean
Jump and Yell by Jeanne-Marie Fleming
Haptic by Nicholas Godec
All About the Green by David Lightfoot
Kent by Bernard Martoia
Productive Struggle by Lynn McGee
Hop by Roberto Ontiveros

POETRY
Ayoung Kim
John Ronan
David Saap
Kevin Daniel Scheepers
Anne Powell Stone
Ken Wuetcher

NONFICTION
That’s My Line by Barbara Krasner
Disco Desperados by Ann Levin
The Problems with Writing an Autobiographical Novel by Kurt Schmidt

REVIEW: On Rapture And Death by Stella Vinitchi Radulescu

ART
Jacqueline Hen and the Art of Light

12/21/2025

The start of winter brings a fresh new issue of The Writing Disorder, featuring original fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Looking for something different to read during those cold winter nights? Check out the new short stories, poems and nonfiction work—plus an interview, a book review and some very cool art by Dan May.

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The Writing Disorder – Winter 2025/26 Issue

FICTION
Motion to Table by James Joaquin Brewer
Cherry Blossom Dreams by Adrienne Clarke
Way to Wyrd by Danyl A. Doyle
Untethered by Joceline Eickert
Lotus by Jonathan Jay
Woes of a Hopeless Secretary by Adrianna Procida
Children of the Dying Sun by Plamen Vasilev
Accommodating Negatives by Bill Vernon

POETRY
Suzette Bishop
Richard Dinges, Jr.
Peycho Kanev
Jennifer Lagier
Jim Murdoch
Michael Penny
Tammy Smith

NONFICTION
A Man with a Promising Past by Kevin Brown
Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco: Or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Caitlin Garvey
An Interview with author, Diana Josefowicz by Geri Lipschultz
Book Review: Crush by Ada Calhoun, Review by Hugh Blanton

ART
The Fantastic Art of Dan May

09/23/2025

Looking for something new to read? Check out the fall issue of The Writing Disorder, with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and reviews — plus the fantastic artwork of Tom Plamann.

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The Writing Disorder - Fall 2025

FICTION
Watches by Nia Crawford
Leave Them Wanting More by C. Inanen
Landlines by Roberto Ontiveros
Make a Wish by Sohana Manzoor
Polaris by Denisha Naidoo
The Messenger of Light by Lia Tjokro
Rohk & the [nearly] Marvelous Maurice: the Intern of Doom by Andy Shocket & Paul Cesarini
The Shiva Option by David A. Taylor

POETRY
Kevin Dwyer
John Grey
Cynthia Pratt
Juanita Rey
Erika Seshadri
Allen Seward

NONFICTION
Corona by Daniel Buccieri
A Long Short Trip to Tangier by Robert Eastman
Sunset: Beyond the Ordinary Appearance of Things by A.M. Palmer
Book Review: Jason Morphew’s Eject City by Patricia Carragon Book Review: John Ronan’s The Idea of Light by Kristin Czarnecki
Book Review: John Drudge’s Sojourns by Peter Mladinic

ART
The Art of Tom Plamann

The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal. We publish new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and interviews. Submissions are welcome all year long.