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    Jon Fain

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    • Fiction

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    Cover of Sudden Flash

    The Ventriloquist’s Wife is No Dummy

    Sudden Flash, 2025

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Lowlife Lit Press

    Pecking Order

    Lowlife Lit Press, 2025

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Bottle Rocket

    Tempus Skewered

    Bottle Rocket , 2025

    Fiction
    Flash
    Cover of Punk Noir Magazine

    B. and E.

    Punk Noir Magazine, 2024

    Fiction
    Flash
    Cover of Feign

    The Ones That Get Away

    Feign, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Literary
    Cover of Yellow Mama

    The Essence

    Yellow Mama, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Noir
    Cover of Suddenly, And Without Warning

    Ripe Old Age

    Suddenly, And Without Warning , 2025

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Suddenly, And Without Warning

    Knowledge

    Suddenly, And Without Warning , 2024

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Shooter Literary Magazine

    Almost to the Point

    Shooter Literary Magazine, 2024

    Fiction
    Flash
    Literary
    Cover of null

    A Student With Mr. Gaddis

    2024

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Memoir
    Cover of Sport Literate

    Bring Me the Stats of Biff Pocoroba

    Sport Literate, 2024

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Cover of The Twin Bill

    Lovelight Out at Home

    The Twin Bill, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Literary
    Cover of The Twin Bill

    A Prayer to Be Named Later - The Twin Bill

    The Twin Bill, 2022

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of The Twin Bill

    Local Heroes

    The Twin Bill, 2021

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of Portrait of New England: A Literary Magazine

    To War

    Portrait of New England: A Literary Magazine, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Historical
    Cover of Fiction on the Web

    The Reincarnation of Herb McWeed

    Fiction on the Web, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Humor
    Cover of Fiction on the Web

    From the Deep

    Fiction on the Web, 2020

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of The Argyle Literary Magazine

    The Deal

    The Argyle Literary Magazine, 2024

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Literary
    Cover of Lit Mag News

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

    Lit Mag News, 2024

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Cover of null

    A Geezer's Guide to Lit Mag Maneuvers

    2023

    Nonfiction
    Essay
    Humor
    Cover of The Green Silk Journal

    Stats Are For Lovers

    The Green Silk Journal, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of Murderous Ink Press

    Shoe Shoe Sh'Boogie

    Murderous Ink Press, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Crime
    Cover of Defuncted Journal

    Fallow Ground

    Defuncted Journal, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of Defuncted Journal

    Margaret (Called Peggy Once) Gets That In Sink Feeling

    Defuncted Journal, 2021

    Fiction
    Flash
    Literary
    Cover of Flash Flood Journal

    What Happens in the Rialto

    Flash Flood Journal, 2023

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Flash Flood Journal

    Late Show

    Flash Flood Journal, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of A Thin Slice of Anxiety

    Stages

    A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of A Thin Slice of Anxiety

    They Who Stay

    A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of Wilderness House Literary Review (WHLR)

    Devil in the Drawer

    Wilderness House Literary Review (WHLR), 2023

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of The Woolf

    Boundary Hunters

    The Woolf, 2022

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Unlikely Stories

    The Promotion

    Unlikely Stories, 2022

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Satirical
    Cover of King Ludd's Rag

    Frank's Best Shot

    King Ludd's Rag, 2021

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of Six Sentences (abandoned)

    Tenure Track

    Six Sentences (abandoned), 2021

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Six Sentences (abandoned)

    No Probate

    Six Sentences (abandoned), 2021

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Reservoir Road Literary Review

    In the Soup

    Reservoir Road Literary Review, 2021

    Fiction
    Flash
    Literary
    Cover of The Drabble (abandoned)

    Bad Brunch

    The Drabble (abandoned), 2021

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of The Daily Drunk

    Gender Felon

    The Daily Drunk, 2021

    Fiction
    Flash
    Cover of The Daily Drunk

    Panpharmacon

    The Daily Drunk, 2020

    Fiction
    Flash
    Cover of The Daily Drunk

    Gone, and All Forgotten

    The Daily Drunk, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Star 82 Review

    Identity Theft

    Star 82 Review, 2021

    Fiction
    Micro
    Literary
    Cover of Back Patio Press

    Pieces of Eight

    Back Patio Press, 2021

    Fiction
    Flash
    Humor
    Cover of 50-Word Stories

    Hitching a Ride

    50-Word Stories, 2025

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of 50-Word Stories

    Broken Castles

    50-Word Stories, 2021

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of 50-Word Stories

    Split Check

    50-Word Stories, 2021

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of 50-Word Stories

    Regatta

    50-Word Stories, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of 50-Word Stories

    I See You

    50-Word Stories, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of 50-Word Stories

    Nature

    50-Word Stories, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of A Story In 100 Words

    Hawaiian Music

    A Story In 100 Words, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of A Story In 100 Words

    Ignis Fatuus

    A Story In 100 Words, 2020

    Fiction
    Micro
    Cover of Blue Lake Review

    Deep Water

    Blue Lake Review, 2020

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of null

    Sneaky Fast

    2014

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of Menda City Review

    The Other Woman

    Menda City Review, 2009

    Fiction
    Short Story
    Cover of anderbo

    Perspective

    anderbo, 2005

    Fiction
    Short Story