Moss: Volume Nine

Published in 2024, Volume Nine is available on our online store and in bookstores across the Pacific Northwest.

Fiction		Leyna Krow, The Unmatched Joy of Killing Something Beautiful
		Athena Scott, Desmond at Home
		Amber Nuyens, Deer Crossing
		Lindsay Hill, The Past is Patient
		Frances Cheong, The Moon Goddess

Non-fiction		Patrick Milian, The Great Calamity
		Shuxuan Zhou, Foraging for Asian Mothering Ingredients
		Bonnie J. Rough, Late June

Interviews		Leyna Krow with Alex Davis-Lawrence
		E. J. Koh with Diana Xin
		Tara Karr Roberts with Kailee Haong Ellis
		Tessa Hulls with Diana Xin
		Norman Schaefer with Shin Yu Pai

Poetry		Conner Bouchard Roberts, “A Victorian Seaport and Arts Community”
		Vincent Antonio Rendoni, Lake Chelan, 1989
		Laura Da’, Mother Stills the Crop and Halts the Tilling of the Land
		Ruby Hansen Murray, West Sunny Sands Road
		Justine Chan, At least ten dead deer
		Megan Snyder-Camp, Fog Lark
		Norman Schaefer, Three Poems
		Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, Cherries

Moss: Volume Eight

Published in 2023, Volume Eight is available on our online store and in bookstores across the Pacific Northwest.

Fiction		Carla Crujido, The Mannequin (1934)
		Gabriela Denise Frank, They Still Talk in Terms of Conquest
		Lacey Rowland, East of Nowhere
		Gerri Brightwell, Flight
		Chelsea Martin, Fun Family Drama

Non-fiction		Jessica Wadleigh, Alone With Me
		Elizabeth Keller, Taking Root
		Erica Berry, The Shirt
		Shannon Cram, Here, in the Plutonium
		Joanna Manning, Essential Lies

Interviews		Sonora Jha with Sharma Shields
		Sean Bentley with Judith Skillman
		hin Yu Pai with Amaranth Shin Yu Pai with Amaranth Borsuk
		Alissa Hattman with Lucie Bonvalet

Poetry		Julie Feng, Two Poems
		Dominica Phetteplace, Being Alive
		Mary Francesca Fontana, Two Poems
		Malia Maxwell, Crescent Bar Resort, July 2004
		Val Dering Rojas, Crown Shyness
		Beth Bentley, Three Poems
		Kathryn Smith, Elegy for Desire

Moss: Volume Seven

Published in 2022, Volume Seven is available on our online store and in bookstores across the Pacific Northwest.

Fiction		Matt Briggs, Old Ladies of the Woods
		Kim Fu, #ClimbingNation
		Aaron Fullerton, Dash
		Maria de Lourdes Victoria, A La Fuerza
		Max Delsohn, The Bubble
		David Naimon, Still Living Things
		Rita Sturam Wirkala, La Forestal

Non-fiction		Keygan S.S. McClellan, Machines
		Katherine D. Morgan, Glory Glory Hallelujah
		CMarie Fuhrman, Door Stoop

Interviews		Kim Fu with Kailee Haong
		Oliver de la Paz with the Poet Salon
		Sayantani Dasgupta with Tara Roberts
		Angela Garbes with Alayna Becker

Poetry		Nanya Jhingran, Remaindered
		Jory Mickelson, Reading the Book of Isaiah While Wild Fires Continue to Burn
		Shin Yu Pai, Monuments for Men (Memory’s Vaults), Fort Worden
		Jaye Nasir, Prayer for Trimet Line 17
		Ayana Harscoet, Futures
		Alex Vigue, The Boys of Boise, 1955
		Joe Wilkins, Little North Fork

Moss: Volume Six

Published in 2021, Volume Six is available on our online store and in bookstores across the Pacific Northwest.

Fiction		Cari Luna, Safe
		Erin Pringle, Chair, $75 OBO
		Soramimi Hanarejima, A Certain Brightness
		Rena Priest, The Ballad of Aunt Lottie
		Alexander Ortega, Nubes
		Joaquin Fernandez, A Beginner’s Guide to That Perfect Beach Body
		Alexis M. Smith, Wormholes

Non-fiction		Lisa Chen, Hoarding Secrets
		Katie Lee Ellison, Woven at the Center
		Jaton Rash, $23.00 a Night
		Ann Stinson, The Ground at My Feet
		Tim Greenup, Oakdale

Interviews		Tiffany Midge with Amy Wilson
		Donna Miscolta with Kailee Haong
		Kate Lebo with Alayna Becker

Poetry		Kaitlyn Airy, My body is the house I haunt
		Rachel Brown, Peaches and Above the Hearth
		Patrycja Humienik, Coping mechanism and How will you begin?
		Kate Garcia, Car Camping Outside Livingston, MT
		Phillip Barron, Displacement Activities
		Nicholas Bradley, Clouds Taken for Mountains
		Jennifer Richter, Over Oregon the Flight Attendant Asks If I’m Interested in Water
		Rhienna Renée Guedry, Neighborhood Profiles
		Sam Robison, Goslings
		Shannon Amidon, Don’t Be the Bear
		Ami Patel, When you say watch your mouth
		Bethan Tyler, Digital Autobiography
		Gwendolyn Morgan, Blend, clay, coffee

Moss: Volume Five

Published in 2020, Volume Five is available on our online store and in bookstores across the Pacific Northwest.

Fiction		Omar El Akkad, The Memory Museum
		Jess Walter, No Hero
		Beth Piatote, Fish Wars
		Aaron Gilbreath, Up in Dodo’s Room
		Jill Talbot, Arnold
		Jean Ferruzola, Hiding
		Ben Goldfarb, Neighbors
		Matt Rebholz, Me, the Consumer
		Ramón Isao, Sister World
		Janice Lee, The Photographer
		Juan Carlos Reyes, The Way It Ends

Non-fiction		Christina Montilla, An Agreement of Fortune
		Ellen Welcker, Lake Lerna
		Sasha LaPointe, Sheep’s Clothing

Interviews		Leah Sottile with Amy Wilson
		Ashley Toliver with Jalayna Carter
		Kristen Millares Young with Sharma Shields
		Ruth Joffre with Diana Xin

Poetry		Malcolm Friend, Praise Song Ending on a Line from Richard Hugo
		Laura Read, The Lucky Penny
		Paul Hlava Ceballos, [A bacterial vegetation anchored] from Hospital Pamphlet
		Daniela Naomi Molnar, WEB 15
		Taneum Bambrick, Diary Entries
		Jessica Mehta, mISSING & mURDERED iNDIGENOUS wOMEN*
		Alex Gallo-Brown, Where I Could Stay
		Bill Carty, SLU
		Emily Pittinos, The Latest Tornado
		J.A. Dela Cruz-Smith, How Rivers Meet Cliffs
		Zachary Schomburg, Kind of Man

Visual Art		Mark O’Malley, Pandemic Series
		Photography by Ray Jeffrey

Moss: Volume Four

Published in 2019, Volume Four is still available on our online store.

The pieces in this Volume were first published individually online as weekly installments of ‘Fresh Moss’ during the months leading up to the print release.

Fiction		Ruby Hansen Murray, A Couple Walks Up the Logging Road - Fresh Moss
		John Englehardt, Be Okay, It Will Be Okay - Fresh Moss
		Jessica Mooney, Close Encounters - Fresh Moss
		Maya Jewell Zeller, Office Girl & University Hero, Chapter One: Change - Fresh Moss
		Stephanie Wong Ken, Vacation - Fresh Moss
		Matt Greene, Something Must be Done! - Fresh Moss
		J.C. Sibara, Three Bullets - Fresh Moss

Non-fiction		Tara Atkinson, Who Chooses - Fresh Moss
		Natalie Villacorta, Revelations - Fresh Moss
		Ian Denning, Lucy’s Midnight Story - Fresh Moss

Interviews		Nicola Griffith with Alexis M. Smith - Fresh Moss
		Ashley Toliver with Jalayna Carter - Fresh Moss
		Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore with Alex Davis-Lawrence - Fresh Moss
		Quenton Baker with Dujie Tahat - Fresh Moss

Poetry		Anis Gisele, First Lady - Fresh Moss
		Kelli Russell Agodon, On Learning the Galaxy Take Both Cash and Credit - Fresh Moss
		Juleen Eun Sun Johnson, Beat or Beet? - Fresh Moss
		Sarah María Medina, Rhapsody No. X - Fresh Moss
		Brandon Jordan Brown, O Tired Love   it’s easy to see the wire that connects - Fresh Moss
		Megan Snyder-Camp, Epimetheus in the Shower - Fresh Moss
		Savannah Slone, this is the beneath - Fresh Moss
		Shankar Narayan, Instruction Manual for Child - Fresh Moss
		Chelsea Dingman, Alchemy - Fresh Moss
		Kamari Bright, The Garden - Fresh Moss
		Dawn Pichón Barron, Quantifiable - Fresh Moss
		Michelle Peñaloza, When Will We Ache Less - Fresh Moss
		Quenton Baker, Transient - Fresh Moss

Moss: Volume Three

Published in 2018, Moss: Volume Three was the first edition to include poetry. It was also the last Volume to be published as individual online issues prior to the release of the print edition. You can read those issues in their original format below:

Issue 09 (Spring 2018)  features a conversation between Leni Zumas and Alexis M. Smith, an interview with Shankar Narayan, prose from from Keya Mitra, Heather Jacobs, Dave Roth, and Sharon Hashimoto, and poetry from Nikkita Oliver, Rich Smith, and Mercedes Lawry.

Issue 08 (Fall 2017)  features interviews with Ishmael Butler and Jane Wong, an essay from Kristen Millares Young, fiction from Donna Miscolta, Joe Wilkins, and Shawn Vestal, and poetry from Kathleen Flenniken, Jasleena Grewal, and E.A. Greenwell.

Issue 07 (Summer 2017)  features an interview with Emily Ruskovich, an essay from Kate Lebo, fiction from Tara Roberts, Richard Chiem, and Amber Krieger, and poetry from Laura Da’, Azura Tyabji, and Troy Osaki.

Fiction		Tara Roberts, Whir
		Joe Wilkins, Every Moment Shines, When You Cut It Open
		Richard Chiem, The Smallest Bones in My Body
		Amber Krieger, Me, Undecided
		Keya Mitra, The Thin Place
		Dave Roth, What About What Billy Wants?
		Heather Jacobs, The Boys in the Forest
		Donna Miscolta, The End of Roller Skating
		Sharon Hashimoto, Kibo’s Cats
		Shawn Vestal, The Poet’s Wife

Non-fiction		Kate Lebo, The Survivor’s Guide to Kerouac Country
		Kristen Millares Young, On Being Driven

Interviews		Lena Zumas with Alexis M. Smith
		Ishmael Butler with Dujie Tahat
		Emily Ruskovich with Connor Guy
		Jane Wong with Diana Xin
		Shankar Narayan with Dujie Tahat

Poetry		Laura Da’, Blackfish State
		Nikkita Oliver, Red & Black: A solidarity poem celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day 2017
		Troy Osaki, Fish Hook
		Jasleena Grewal, /subtweet
		Mercedes Lawry, Lily, Dimmed and Seeds
		E.A. Greenwell, In a Rapid So
		Rich Smith, This Was Years Before the Re-Branding of American Fascism
		Azura Tyabji, Whiteys on TRAPPIST-I
		Kathleen Flenniken, A Child’s Book of America

Moss: Volume Two

Printed in early 2017, Moss: Volume Two was first published as three individual online issues. You can read those issues in their original format below:

Issue 06 (Fall 2016)  features interviews with Alexis M. Smith and Amanda Coplin, essays by Monet P. Thomas and Kelly Froh, and fiction by Anca Szilágyi and Chris McCann.

Issue 05 (Summer 2016)  features an interview with Mitchell S. Jackson, essays by Tiffany Midge and Leah Sottile, and fiction by Leyna Krow and Sonya Chung.

Issue 04 (Winter 2016)  features an interview with Elissa Washuta, essays by Eric Wagner and Gina Williams, and fiction by Michael Upchurch and Kjerstin Johnson.

Fiction		Leyna Krow, Sinkhole
		Sonya Chung, Summer 1984
		Michael Upchurch, The Widower Muse
		Anca Szilágyi, Don’t Worry
		Kjerstin Johnson, Alabama
		Chris McCann, Unplace

Non-fiction		Eric Wagner, The Monolith
		Tiffany Midge, The Jimmy Report
		Kelly Froh, Senior Time
		Gina Williams, Splitting the Sun
		Leah Sottile, This is Meant to Hurt You
		Monet P. Thomas, A Multiplicity of Gray

Interviews		Mitchell S. Jackson with Connor Guy
		Alexis M. Smith with Sharma Shields
		Amanda Coplin with Amy Wilson
		Elissa Washuta with Alex Davis-Lawrence

Moss: Volume One

Released in late 2015, Moss: Volume One collected our first three online issues (published 2014-2015) in print for the first time. You can read those issues in their original online format below:

Issue 03 (Spring 2015)  features an interview with Rebecca Brown, essays by Rebecca Brown, JM Miller, and Steven Moore, and fiction by Miriam Cook and Jenn Blair.

Issue 02 (Winter 2015)  features interviews with Peter Mountford and T.V. Reed, essays by Charles Finn and Matt Briggs, and fiction by Eric Severn, Corinne Manning, and Robert Cantwell.

Issue 01 (Summer 2014)  features an interview with Ryan Boudinot, an essay by Donald J. Mitchell, and fiction by Christine Texeira, Clayton McCann, and Nate Liederbach.

Fiction		Christine Texeira, Family Life and Sexual Health
		Miriam Cook, Your Best Bet
		Nate Liederbach, The Roads Amputated the Legs
		Jenn Blair, Packwood
		Eric Severn, Customer Care
		Corinne Manning, Professor M
		Clayton McCann, Dear Stars on Ice
		Robert Cantwell, The Hills Around Centralia (1935)

Non-fiction		Matt Briggs, Falling and Always Falling
		Steven Moore, About the Days
		Donald J. Mitchell, The Ninth Life
		JM Miller, Snap the Whip
		Charles Finn, Simple Pleasures
		Rebecca Brown, Four Memories of Breath

Interviews		Rebecca Brown with Alex Davis-Lawrence
		Peter Mountford with Connor Guy
		Ryan Boudinot with Connor Guy
		T.V. Reed on Robert Cantwell with Alex Davis-Lawrence