vol. 62

Phrenospasm

Barry Peters
Published on September 24, 2026

Punt means surrender, but that’s never enough

Killing Time

Barry Peters
Published on September 24, 2026

This year I listened only to jazz records from 1959

Tenterhooks

Summer Newett
Published on September 10, 2026

I don’t know what duct tape is, but I know the sound of it ripped from a roll.

Recent News

RIP: an author, an artist
2 years 4 months ago

failbetter is saddened to hear of the untimely passing of one of our most inspiring authors and fb alums, Paul Auster.

2023 Pushcart Nominations
3 years 9 months ago

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

Best of the Net Nod Congrats
3 years 11 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
4 years 10 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

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