vol. 62

Ex Libris

Cassandra Myers
Published on April 4, 2024

As you may or may not know, a city accumulates ghosts the way a ship accumulates barnacles

The Saints of Death Valley (part two)

Laura Newman
Published on March 21, 2024

Driving back from Death Valley Junction, Paula thought she saw a ruby aura around the shadow outline of a woman

The Saints of Death Valley (part one)

Laura Newman
Published on March 7, 2024

There was a little-noticed annex of the Carmelite Chapel and Monastery of St. Giles of San Francisco located on Russian Hill

Recent News

2023 Pushcart Nominations
1 year 4 months ago

As always, failbetter is proud to submit our nominations for the annual Pushcart collection

Best of the Net Nod Congrats
1 year 5 months ago


Our congrats go out to Laura Perkins’s whose story Wanted: Girls, 18–25 yrs, 5’7″ & Up was recognized as a fiction finalist for the 2022 Best of The Net Anthology. 

That time of year.... Our 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominees
2 years 4 months ago

We are grateful to the entire fb family whose works graced our pages in 2021, but we are particularly proud to nominate for possible 2022 Pushcart Prize consideration

2021 Pushcart Prize Nominees
3 years 5 months ago

As always, we are grateful to the following fb folks whose works graced our pages in 2020 (Uh, the year wasn't all bad!), and wh

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