In December 2010, for the first time, the editorial team had the extremely difficult job of picking our favorite pieces from the previous five years of the life of Halfway Down the Stairs. And here we are doing this again for our tenth year of publication. It was no less difficult this time around.
We hope you enjoy revisiting these wonderful pieces of work at the links below.
MARCH 2011, HAUNTED
The Storm on Promise Land Road, by Ken Teutsch | fiction
Certified, by Maryann Ullmann | fiction
The Villa on Tumatawarea Street, by Eliza Granville | fiction
JUNE 2011, TIME
Danaus plexippus: The Monarch King, by Cora Gray | nonfiction
A-drift in Time, by Linda McHenry | nonfiction
Disposable, by Julianne Pachicho | fiction
When He Leaves, by Susan Rooke | poetry
SEPTEMBER 2011, WE ALL FALL DOWN
My Grandfather’s Gift, by Matthew Zanoni Müller | nonfiction
The Red Dress, by M. B. Wallace | fiction
Ketchup, by Jeff Wood | fiction
DECEMBER 2011, FAREWELL
Bench, by Lizi Gilad Silver | poetry
Goodbye, by Jude Goodwin | poetry
MARCH 2012, MYSTERY
Timeshare, by Regina Clarke | fiction
Singing the Dogs to Sleep, by Steven Klepetar | poetry
A Hungry Wave, by Rob Spiegel | poetry
The Wedding Guest, by Rebecca Burns | fiction
JUNE 2012, PERSUASION
Juvenilia, by Duncan Campbell | poetry
SEPTEMBER 2012, CHAOS
Up There, by Fiona Lesley Bennett | poetry
Meticulous, by Mitch Grabois | poetry
Here and There, by Bradford Philen | fiction
DECEMBER 2012, VILLAINOUS
Ophelia, by Ed Higgins | poetry
MARCH 2013, TOMORROW
hair today, gone tomorrow, by Lance Manion | fiction
Those Silenced by the Storms, by Susan Rooke | poetry
JUNE 2013, BEAUTY
At the Hotel El Loro, by Rebecca Burns | fiction
Saint Augustine Grass, by Barbra Daniels | poetry
Beautiful Scents, by Tina Wayland | fiction
Tumbleweed, by Ellen Woods | nonfiction
SEPTEMBER 2013, ILLUSIONS
The Planet Hunter’s Headache, by Mikaela von Kursell | poetry
MARCH 2014, ADVENTURE
Clarineros, by Michelle Donahue | poetry
Stalking, by B.J. Yudelson | nonfiction
JUNE 2014, POSSESSION
She Dreams of Flying, by John Vicary | fiction
SEPTEMBER 2014, DISAPPEAR
The Land of Totuaba, by Rachel Dacus | nonfiction
In the Middle of the Night, by Milena Nigam | fiction
the music of lost men, by Carol Shillibeer | poetry
Horn Scars, by Sven Toorvald | fiction
MARCH 2015, HISTORY
Touching, by Trica Knoll | poetry
Lady in the Blue Sash, by Kim Newton | nonfiction
A Good Day to be Born, by Tony Press | fiction
JUNE 2015, STRANGERS
The Absence of Light, by Sarah T. Jewell | poetry
Selected by Joseph Murphy, Stacy Wennstrom, Carrie Bachler, Sherri Miller and Alison Stedman. Find out more about the editorial team here.
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