Featured Prose

Anne Gimm interviewed Peter Mountford about his collection of short stories, Detonator, published by Four Way Books in September 2025. “Love of Her Life,” a story about a woman who…    read more

TMR intern Haley Schmid interviewed Tate Gieselmann about “Mouse,” a story about a drug addict hustling to pay a debt. First published in TMR issue 47.4 (Winter 2024), the story…    read more

First featured in TMR 47.4, “Mouse” by Tate Gieselmann is about a drug addict hustling to pay a debt. Gieselmann’s character is an inveterate loner with a nihilistic outlook on…    read more

In the following conversation, music writer Adam Sobsey interviews Neko Case about her incandescent new memoir, The Harder I Fight The More I Love You (Grand Central Publishing, 2025). Framed…    read more

Shannon Cain’s “How to Date a Feminist” is a reconnaissance transmission from the world of online dating for women over fifty living in Paris. First featured in TMR 47.3, Cain’s…    read more

First published in TMR 47.2 (Summer 2024), Hana Choi’s “Naked” tracks a young woman’s growing awareness of her mother’s vulnerability as an immigrant. When a customer at the Korean spa…    read more

In Cameron Walker’s “Slow Motion,” first published in TMR 27.3 (Winter 2004), a boy discovers a secret that forever changes how he sees his father. Even as loved ones anchor…    read more

First published in TMR 47.2 (Summer 2024), Jennifer Anderson’s “Rockdale” follows a young couple faced with the harsh realities of renovating an old Wisconsin farmhouse. Anderson reflects on the strain…    read more

First published in TMR 47.1 (Spring 2024) and set against the backdrop of the pandemic, Louise Marburg’s “Semicolon People” follows a woman who switches antidepressants and works to maintain a…    read more

Recently, TMR intern Shayla Malone interviewed Rohini Sunderam about “Vegetable Stories,” in which an unconsummated romance buds, flourishes, withers, and endures in dormant form for two people who communicate their feelings…    read more