Winter 2026

Dedicated to Nicholas Johnson and Maureen Holm, co-founders of BigCityLit

HERE by Nicholas Johnson

Poetry

Featured
Wound-Exhaled

by Topher Shields

Peace & Contagion

by Nattie O'Sheggzy

The Dream

by Patricia Carragon

Papier-mâché 

by Ted Guevara

The Midnight House

by May Garner

Love Song for Alphabet City

by Misa Levey

Call Me Eric

by Monique Erickson

Calls of the River (At the confluence of River Nun & River Benue)

by Martin Ijir

Aftermath

by M. D. Berkman

Dead Squirrel Elegy

by Linda Kleinbub 

Medusa

by Joe Weintraub

For Jim Brodey

by Joel Lewis

Dear Policyholder: We Have Denied Your Claim

by Joel Allegretti 

Sleep of Forgiveness

by Joanna Sit

Swim Lessons

by Judith Lee Herbert

Anchor Bracelets

by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Silent Shadow

by Evie Ivy

Fishtail

by David Elsasser

Mugwumps* on the March

by Barry Wallenstein

Brief Hope for Interesting Times

by Ace Boggess

Fiction

Featured
Life Swap

by Allan Yashin

My Sister's Husband's Toenail Fungus

by Susan Weiman

Two Microfictions

by Cheryl Snell

Back in the Saddle

by Niles Reddick

A Good Show

by Tim Love

Nonfiction

Featured
Taking the Plunge

by Malia McCarrick

Book Reviews