Matthew Hand is a writer whose short stories have appeared in literary journals including The Arkansas Review, Bull: Men’s Fiction, and Ginosko Literary Journal. His work has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, and longlisted for the 2025 CRAFT Short Fiction Prize.
Selected work
We Wish We Had More
Neon Origami, 2025
Performative Normalcy During Times of Crisis
The Lemonwood Quarterly, 2025
Hothouse Blossom in a Green Dress
necksnapmag.com - A magazine for horror lovers, 2025
What If The Walls Fell?
Tales from the Crosstimbers, 2025
The Binding Season
Rooted Literary Magazine, 2025
Sophia Recommends
Rock Salt Journal, 2025
Big Boy of Sandusky
The Watershed Journal, 2025
Is That So?
Half and One, 2025
Where the Work Gets Done
Susurrus, 2025
A Test of Our Bodies for the Resurrection
Susurrus, 2025