Exposition Review

🚨CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Vol. XII: “Trip” thru 12/15! ✈️ TRIP is in motion. A journey, a stumble. Let it vault you forward, send you sprawling—and into something new. We pay $50, accept all genres& guarantee feedback for subs received by 10/31 ! Send us your best TRIP: tinyurl.com/ExpoTripSubmissions

tinyurl.comMonday the Thirteenth - Exposition Reviewby J. Burrello Comic J. Burrello is a wandering comic artist and creator of the webcomic adventure series “Barb” and the quirky descent into existential dread known as “Blinky & Sal.” Back to Vol. V: “Act/Break”

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Getting in the Halloween week spirit with the ghosts, witches, vampires, and more from #ExpoContributor @biginsanehappy.bsky.social. Check out his comic from our “Act/Break” issue, MONDAY THE THIRTEENTH: tinyurl.com/ExpoMonday. Plus today is the LAST DAY to get J’s new comic BARB AGAIN!

“What if someone reimagined Gatorade as an RFK-style health food and no one wanted it? Or what if someone did? What would that person be like? That person would be so much worse.”

BIO: Carter Amelia Davis is an independent filmmaker, writer, and visual artist based in Minneapolis. She’s developed a cult following for her funny and unsettling animations, which often explore social commentary through dream logic narratives.

…She works primarily in mixed media and photo collage, and has a particular interest in how it feels to be online. Her visual style is self-taught and the result of many happy accidents. Her work should ideally make you laugh and feel like you need to take a shower or something.

“What if someone reimagined Gatorade as an RFK-style health food and no one wanted it? Or what if someone did? What would that person be like? That person would be so much worse.”

tinyurl.comHomemade Gatorade - Exposition Reviewby Carter Amelia Davis Film Artist’s Statement This film was informed by my experience as a trans woman living in the States in the first four months of Trump’s second term. I was overwhelmed by feelings of doom, wondering whether it’d even be safe to live here over the next four years. Trying… Continue reading Homemade Gatorade →

Carter Amelia Davis’s film. HOMEMADE GATORADE “was informed by my experience as a trans woman living in the States in the first 4 months of Trump’s second term. I was overwhelmed by feelings of doom, wondering whether it’d even be safe to live here over the next 4 years.” tinyurl.com/ExpoGatorade

We are how accepting experimental narratives for Vol. XII: “Trip”! Experimental Editor @monapily.bsky.social wants your digital poetics, your video, your genre-bending work. Feedback deadline is 10/31. Deadline is 12/15. We pay contributors $50. Submit here: tinyurl.com/ExpoTripSubmissions.

BIO: Ramona Pilar is a story diviner. CA-born & L.A.-raised, she produces prose, poetry, songs, plays & amalgamations. She’s Experimental Editor at Exposition Review, a reader for @drunkmonkeysweb.bsky.social & holds an MFA in Creative Writing from @antiochmfa.bsky.social. Her favorite word is, why?

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Cheers from Expo’s annual board retreat! We’re spending the weekend talking all things Expo, including Vol. XII: “Trip,” the Expo Anthology, #ExpoPresents events, #ShareYourVoice! workshops, and pie in the sky lit mag goals! Excited to share it all with you!

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Elena Zhang

@ezhang77.bsky.social

What an honor! Thank you so much @theoffingmag.bsky.social for the nomination!

The Offing@theoffingmag.bsky.social

This year, we’re also celebrating our Best Small Fiction nominees! Congratulations to all the nominees! 🎉 Read their stories at theoffingmag.com. #SmallFiction #FlashFiction #BestSmallFictions #LiteraryMagazine #TheOffing

tinyurl.comAvijja Is Pali for Doomed Loop - Exposition Reviewby Elizabeth J. Coleman Honorable Mention – Flash 405, June 2026: “Loop” Poetry What will we say when the whole planet is on fire? that we who live in a burning house were too focused on desire? Judge’s Comments: This poem struck me in the heart! I am in awe of poets… Continue reading Avijja Is Pali for Doomed Loop →

“This poem struck me in the heart…managed to fit precise imagery & social commentary & personal choice into 5 tiny lines.” - @crsutton.bsky.social on @elizabethjcoleman.bsky.social’s flash poem AVIJJA IS PALI FOR DOOMED LOOP. Read the Flash 405: “Loop” winner: tinyurl.com/Avijja405.

tinyurl.com2026 Campaign for Exposition Review Print AnthologyExposition Review Print Anthology

Reserve your copy of our first-ever print book, the Expo Anthology. The collection is full of our editors’ all-time favorite pieces from our first 10 annual issues. Get your copy with any donation of $25 or more: tinyurl.com/ExpoAntho10.

masonjarpress.comFamily Night (available in paperback & eBook) — MASON JAR PRESSFAMILY NIGHT is by turns a lyrical celebration of queerness and an exploration of family and loss, often through a lens of magical realism. Ani King's collected flash fiction stories explore relations...

Happy pub day to #ExpoContributor @aniking.bsky.social & their flash fiction collection FAMILY NIGHT (@masonjarpress.bsky.social)! #ExpoFam member @lumchanmfa.bsky.social calls it “mercurial and mellifluous, ecstatic and ephemeral.” Get it here: masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/....

tinyurl.comThis Is Milkweed - Exposition Reviewby Ani King Flash Fiction And this is Queen Anne’s lace. Daucus carota, I think. Your mom had a horse named Queen Anne when we were kids. And these are bull thistle. I used to confuse them with nett...

…and “Spring” flash fiction THIS IS MILKWEED: tinyurl.com/ExpoThisIs.

aniking.netFamily Night Remote Launch Party Registration – Ani King

Plus join Ani this Sat 10/24 at 1 PM E for the virtual launch of FAMILY NIGHT. Enjoy conversation, readings & giveaways with Katherine Plumhoff, and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social & Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes: aniking.net/launchparty.

expositionreview.comKitchen Dancing - Exposition Reviewby Ani King 2nd Place Winner – Flash 405, April 2024: “Home” Fiction My mom says if you like boys never let them see you cook, once they see you cook it’s all downhill from there and before you know...

…and read Ani’s Flash 405 flash fiction, KITCHEN DANCING (winner of Liza Olson’s “Home”: expositionreview.com/flash-405/ki...

bookshop.orgMarvelous Freaks of Nature!An amateur herpetologist gets swindled by women he meets on lizard-care message boards, a dental hygienist takes a doomed trip to see a sham psychic on the Atlantic City boardwalk, a gruesome gag gift...

Happy pub day to @swellspoken.bsky.social whose MARVELOUS FREAKS OF NATURE! is out today from Cornerstone Press!! This debut collection is thirteen stories that probe a vein of longing & estrangement through a dark & darkly humorous lens. Get it in our @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/marv....

expositionreview.comVigil - Exposition Reviewby Alyson Mosquera Dutemple 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, August 2021: “House Party” Fiction We ate way too many Fritos and rubbed our stomachs reverently. My mother asleep in the other room, Jessie...

And while you wait for it to arrive, read Alyson’s #ExpoReview piece VIGIL, first place winner of @livesinpages.bsky.social’s #Flash405: “House Party”: expositionreview.com/flash-405/vi....

tinyurl.comConsolation Cakes - Exposition Reviewby Jessica Chan Comics Jessica Chan, Consolation Cakes, 2026. Ink and watercolor on paper Artist’s Statement Consolation Cakes is a series of illustrations showcasing how I processed this year of ...

“CONSOLATION CAKES is a series of illustrations showcasing how I processed this year of unexpected unemployment,” says Jessica Chan of her “PARA/SOCIAL” comic, CONSOLATION CAKES. See them and her full artist’s statement here: tinyurl.com/ExpoConsolation.

BIO: Jessica Chan is a born and raised creative living in San Francisco. For her professional career, she has worked in animation and visual effects. She has a background in theater, screenwriting, and West Coast Swing…

missjesschan.substack.com“Consolation Cakes” Has Been PublishedBehind the Scenes and Concept Art for “Consolation Cakes”

…To see more of her illustrations and writing, you can support her work by subscribing to her Substack. (#ExpoRecommends this piece on the creation of CONSOLATION CAKES: missjesschan.substack.com/p/consolatio...)

We are now accepting ART submissions for Vol. XII: “Trip”! Visual Art Editor @briannasmykreder.bsky.social likes work in a series & wants work in all media. Send her your art: tinyurl.com/ExpoTripSubmissions. We pay $50, and guarantee editor feedback for all work submitted by 10/31!

BIO: Brianna J.L. Smyk is on the editorial board of Exposition Review, and has served multiple roles within the journal including founding co-Editor-in-Chief, social media manager, and Visual Art, Comics, and Experimental Narratives Editor.

She is an art & communication consultant who holds a MPW/MFA degree from @usc.edu and a Master of Arts in Art History from @sandiegostate.bsky.social. Her short fiction has been published or is forthcoming in The Human Touch Journal, @drunkmonkeysweb.bsky.social, The Same and FORTH.

tinyurl.com97 Miles - Exposition Reviewby Sydney Cimarolli 2nd Place Winner – Flash 405, June 2026: “Loop” Nonfiction The morning after my grandma was raped by my great-grandpa, she fled into the night, the road unfurling before her like...

“A haunting exploration of how trauma manifests, how a person can come to haunt themselves,” says Flash 405: “Loop” guest judge @crsutton.bsky.social of Sydney Cimarolli’s second-place winner 97 MILES. Read the flash nonfiction here: tinyurl.com/97Miles405.

BIO: Sydney Cimarolli is a poet and educator from St. Louis, Missouri. Her work is published or forthcoming in @thimblelitmag.bsky.social, Phil Lit, and The Healing Muse. She is an MFA student at the University of Maryland and can be found on Instagram @sydneycimarolli.

Our dreams have come true! The cover of Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring,” with cover art by the immensely talented Jessica Taylor Bellamy, now hangs in our beloved literary haven, Literati Cafe! Go visit, and find out more in our #ExpoPresenrs: A Decade of Art recap: tinyurl.com/ExpoArt10Recap.

tinyurl.comCoils - Exposition Reviewby Jaime Gill 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, June 2026: “Loop” Fiction I rise from darkness like an air bubble from the deep and pop into consciousness, in pain and sticky-blind until my scalp sucks ...

Submit to our “Trip”-themed issue by October 31, and we will either pay you to publish your work or send you feedback from our dedicated editorial team! All genres accepted. Submit here: tinyurl.com/ExpoTripSubmissions. #callforsubmissions #ExpoReview

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Jaime Gill

@jaimegill.bsky.social

My 100th published story. So happy it's a story I love in a title I love. And the judge's review (in comments) overjoyed me. 3 years ago, if you'd told me I'd have 100 stories in the world -90 of which I love- i wouldn't have believed it. Deep thanks to the beta readers & editors who helped (1 of 2)

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“This piece is sticky. There’s no better word for it,” said Flash 405: “Loop” guest judge @chelseasutton.bsky.social of @jaimegill.bsky.social’s first-place winner COILS. Read this three-time #ExpoContributor’s flash fiction here: tinyurl.com/Coils405…

Add the Expo Anthology to your shelves. Reserve your copy of our 10th anniversary print edition, featuring some of our favorite Expo pieces, with a donation of $25 or more. Or bump your donation & we’ll add cool Expo swag & maybe even a collectors’ set of Expo postcards: tinyurl.com/ExpoAntho10.

tinyurl.comthe little daydreamer - Exposition Reviewby Theresa-Xuan Bui Experimental Accessible Version *“Mẹ” is Vietnamese for “Mom” Theresa-Xuan Bui is an interdisciplinary poet exploring the sociopolitical complexities of being a queer Vietnam...

“I finally read the high school graduation letter you gave me. And of course, I cried.” Read Theresa-Xuan Bui’s experimental narrative THE LITTLE DAYDREAMER in our “PARA/SOCIAL” issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoTheLittle. #ExpoContributor #ExpoReview

…serving as a foundation from which they expand into other mediums such as video, sound, sculpture, and performance. With each project, they aim to cultivate nuanced discussions on identity, gender, and language while innovating poetry’s utility and form.

They’re a child of the Bui household, a legacy of Vietnamese refugees and vanguard Asian Americans. Born and raised in Bronx, New York, Theresa moved to Houston, Texas, before pursuing a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

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BIO: Theresa-Xuan Bui is an interdisciplinary poet exploring the sociopolitical complexities of being a queer Vietnamese American artist as a way to critically imagine and shape the future. The written word is at the core of their practice…

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@lit-namjooning.bsky.social

"Your mouth fills with mist. Your mouth fills with the mountain. You swallow it." If you need some perspective today, do read this fiction piece: "Foss" by Mathieu Parsy. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

tinyurl.com10 Years of Exposition Review at AWP Recap - Exposition ReviewIn a serendipitous alignment, Exposition Review marked its ten-year anniversary at AWP 2025 in Los Angeles, the same conference where we launched our inaugural issue, Vol. I: “IX Lives,” during AWP 20...

We had the joy of getting to know @breebaileypoet.bsky.social at our #ExpoPresents 10-Year Anniversary Party at AWP 25 (tinyurl.com/Expo10YearRecap).

bookshop.orgWailing on Whisper Street: Second EditionIn a world that pushes you to whisper, it's time to wail.If you love Andrea Gibson's raw tenderness and Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street honesty, you'll love this new edition of Wailing on Whis...

Now, we’re delighted to welcome this #ExpoContributor’s new edition of her poetry collection WAILING ON WHISPER STREET . Get it in our @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/wail... @breebaileypoet.bsky.social

tinyurl.comI Pencil Grieving You in My Planner - Exposition Reviewby Bree Bailey Experimental (Plain Text Version) Bree Bailey (she/her) is a Latine mom and poet who lives in Southern Austin, Texas, with her beautiful family. She is a mental health advocate wh...

And check out @breebaileypoet.bsky.social’s amazing experimental narrative I PENCIL GRIEVING YOU INTO MY PLANNER from Vol. VII: “Lines”: tinyurl.com/ExpoIPencil.

jaimegill.comJaime GillJaime Gill is a British-born author. The fiction writer's short stories can be found here.

…Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition and @bathshortstory.bsky.social Award, alongside three @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominations. No pets or kids, but he’s keeping some houseplants alive, barely…

jaimegill.comJaime GillJaime Gill is a British-born author. The fiction writer's short stories can be found here.

He’s writing a novel, screenplay, and more short stories. Website: jaimegill.com. Newsletter: jaimegill.substack.com.

jaimegill.comJaime GillJaime Gill is a British-born author. The fiction writer's short stories can be found here.

BIO: @jaimegill.bsky.social is a queer British ex-music journalist, now working or volunteering for nonprofits across Asia. He writes, reads, runs, boxes, travels & sometimes socializes at gunpoint. His stories are in @theforge.bsky.social, @themissourireview.skystack.xyz, @fracturedlit.bsky.social…

jaimegill.comJaime GillJaime Gill is a British-born author. The fiction writer's short stories can be found here.

…The Masters Review, @trampset.bsky.social, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social & others. He’s won multiple awards including a 2024 @bridportprize.bsky.social & 2025 New Millennium Writing Award, & been finalist for the @twfestnola.bsky.social Very Short Fiction contest…

expositionreview.comWe Wanted to Make History - Exposition Reviewby Jaime Gill Honorable Mention – Flash 405, February 2026: “Oops” Fiction We found her on day 47. Everything leading up to the discovery was predictable toil. The flight to Moscow, two excruciating...

And here… expositionreview.com/flash-405/we... @jaimegill.bsky.social

expositionreview.comKarma Judgment Day - Exposition Reviewby Jaime Gill 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, February 2024: “Host” Fiction Like most people, I only heard of the karma cult when that fading but still tabloid-famous movie star private-jetted to the ...

…and here: expositionreview.com/flash-405/ka... @jaimegill.bsky.social

We left a copy of #ExpoContributor @sherardyouare.bsky.social’s DARBI in Literati Cafe’s @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social following our #ExpoPresents A DECADE OF ART exhibition and artist talk (tinyurl.com/ExpoArt10Recap). Check it out next time you’re there…

bookshop.orgDarbi Volume 1DARBI features the misadventures of a bloodthirsty baby T-rex and his family as they fight for survival in a savage land. In the first arc, “Everything Hates You”, Darbi fights off pteranodons, or as ...

…or, if LA isn’t in your travel plans anytime soon, get a copy in our @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/darb....