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Jon Fain

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"Producer and Purveyor of Fine Prose Entertainments"

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Cover of Sudden Flash

Again

Sudden Flash, 2026

FictionMicro
Cover of Midcult*

Fat Lot of Good

Midcult*, 2026

FictionShort Story
Cover of williamray

Pater Unfamilias

williamray, 2026

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of Bottle Rocket

Sodden Hopes and Rich Desserts

Bottle Rocket, 2026

FictionFlashLiterary
Cover of Flash Flood Journal

Gone, and All Forgotten; by Jon Fain

Flash Flood Journal, 2026

FictionMicroAbsurdist
Cover of Thin Places

Two Towns Over

Thin Places, 2026

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of Turn and Work

Devil in the Drawer - Turn and Work

Turn and Work, 2026

FictionShort Story
Cover of The Ivo Review

Late Show

The Ivo Review, 2026

FictionMicroLiterary
Cover of The Bookends Review

From the Deep

The Bookends Review, 2026

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of THE AIRGONAUT

Daddy Larry Bear Has Left the Building

THE AIRGONAUT, 2026

FictionFlash
Cover of JONAH magazine

The Exchange

JONAH magazine, 2026

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of Hawkeye

Wisdom Out

Hawkeye, 2025

FictionMicroLiterary
Cover of Atlantic Northeast

The Norseman

Atlantic Northeast, 2025

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of Bulb Culture Collective

Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)

Bulb Culture Collective, 2025

FictionFlash
Cover of Malarkey Books

Summer Menu 2025 — Heavily Ever After

Malarkey Books, 2025

FictionShort Story
Cover of Running Wild Press

Uprooted

Running Wild Press, 2025

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of Reverie

Herstory Lessons

Reverie , 2025

FictionFlash
Cover of Sudden Flash

The Ventriloquist’s Wife is No Dummy

Sudden Flash, 2025

FictionMicro
Cover of Bottle Rocket

Tempus Skewered

Bottle Rocket , 2025

FictionFlash
Cover of Punk Noir Magazine

B. and E.

Punk Noir Magazine, 2024

FictionFlash
Cover of Feign

The Ones That Get Away

Feign, 2024

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of Suddenly, And Without Warning

Ripe Old Age

Suddenly, And Without Warning , 2025

FictionMicro
Cover of Suddenly, And Without Warning

Knowledge

Suddenly, And Without Warning , 2024

FictionMicro
Cover of Shooter Literary Magazine

Almost to the Point

Shooter Literary Magazine, 2024

FictionFlashLiterary
Cover of A Student With Mr. Gaddis

A Student With Mr. Gaddis

2024

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of Sport Literate

Bring Me the Stats of Biff Pocoroba

Sport Literate, 2024

NonfictionEssay
Cover of The Twin Bill

Lovelight Out at Home

The Twin Bill, 2024

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of The Twin Bill

A Prayer to Be Named Later - The Twin Bill

The Twin Bill, 2022

FictionShort Story
Cover of The Twin Bill

Local Heroes

The Twin Bill, 2021

FictionShort Story
Cover of Portrait of New England: A Literary Magazine

To War

Portrait of New England: A Literary Magazine, 2024

FictionShort StoryHistorical
Cover of Fiction on the Web

The Reincarnation of Herb McWeed

Fiction on the Web, 2024

FictionShort StoryHumor
Cover of Fiction on the Web

From the Deep

Fiction on the Web, 2020

FictionShort Story
Cover of The Argyle Literary Magazine

The Deal

The Argyle Literary Magazine, 2024

FictionShort StoryLiterary
Cover of Lit Mag News

Typos? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Typos!

Lit Mag News, 2024

NonfictionEssay
Cover of A Geezer's Guide to Lit Mag Maneuvers

A Geezer's Guide to Lit Mag Maneuvers

2023

NonfictionEssayHumor
Cover of The Green Silk Journal

Stats Are For Lovers

The Green Silk Journal, 2023

FictionShort Story
Cover of Murderous Ink Press

Shoe Shoe Sh'Boogie

Murderous Ink Press, 2023

FictionShort StoryCrime
Cover of Defuncted Journal

Fallow Ground

Defuncted Journal, 2023

FictionShort Story
Cover of Defuncted Journal

Margaret (Called Peggy Once) Gets That In Sink Feeling

Defuncted Journal, 2021

FictionFlashLiterary
Cover of Flash Flood Journal

What Happens in the Rialto

Flash Flood Journal, 2023

FictionMicro
Cover of Flash Flood Journal

Late Show

Flash Flood Journal, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of A Thin Slice of Anxiety

Stages

A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 2023

FictionShort Story
Cover of A Thin Slice of Anxiety

They Who Stay

A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 2023

FictionShort Story
Cover of Wilderness House Literary Review (WHLR)

Devil in the Drawer

Wilderness House Literary Review (WHLR), 2023

FictionShort Story
Cover of The Woolf

Boundary Hunters

The Woolf, 2022

FictionMicro
Cover of Unlikely Stories

The Promotion

Unlikely Stories, 2022

FictionShort StorySatirical
Cover of King Ludd's Rag

Frank's Best Shot

King Ludd's Rag, 2021

FictionShort Story
Cover of Six Sentences (abandoned)

Tenure Track

Six Sentences (abandoned), 2021

FictionMicro
Cover of Six Sentences (abandoned)

No Probate

Six Sentences (abandoned), 2021

FictionMicro
Cover of Reservoir Road Literary Review

In the Soup

Reservoir Road Literary Review, 2021

FictionFlashLiterary
Cover of The Drabble (abandoned)

Bad Brunch

The Drabble (abandoned), 2021

FictionMicro
Cover of The Daily Drunk

Gender Felon

The Daily Drunk, 2021

FictionFlash
Cover of The Daily Drunk

Panpharmacon

The Daily Drunk, 2020

FictionFlash
Cover of The Daily Drunk

Gone, and All Forgotten

The Daily Drunk, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of Star 82 Review

Identity Theft

Star 82 Review, 2021

FictionMicroLiterary
Cover of Back Patio Press

Pieces of Eight

Back Patio Press, 2021

FictionFlashHumor
Cover of 50-Word Stories

Hitching a Ride

50-Word Stories, 2025

FictionMicro
Cover of 50-Word Stories

Broken Castles

50-Word Stories, 2021

FictionMicro
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Split Check

50-Word Stories, 2021

FictionMicro
Cover of 50-Word Stories

Regatta

50-Word Stories, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of 50-Word Stories

I See You

50-Word Stories, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of 50-Word Stories

Nature

50-Word Stories, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of A Story In 100 Words

Hawaiian Music

A Story In 100 Words, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of A Story In 100 Words

Ignis Fatuus

A Story In 100 Words, 2020

FictionMicro
Cover of Blue Lake Review

Deep Water

Blue Lake Review, 2020

FictionShort Story
Cover of Sneaky Fast

Sneaky Fast

2014

FictionShort Story
Cover of Menda City Review

The Other Woman

Menda City Review, 2009

FictionShort Story
Cover of anderbo

Perspective

anderbo, 2005

FictionShort Story