El Portal Web Features

2022-2023

• Ghosts in the Soil by Laine Derr (Poetry, June 2023)
• Brownstones by Leslie Armstrong (Prose, March 2023)
• Unye Terminal, After Midnight by Timothy Dodd (Poetry, February 2023)
• Slims Back in Town by Anthony Kane Evans (Prose, January 2023)
• Crowbait by Ronald L. Grimes (Fiction, December 2022)
• A Shock of Blue by Robin Blackburn McBride (Fiction, November 2022)
• Staying Alive by W. Arnold Yasinski (Poetry, October 2022)
• The Sermon in the Hole by Colin Dodds (Poetry, September 2022)
• My Daughter, the Hero by Cindy Gentry (Art, August 2022)

2021 – 2022

• Meditation on Teenagers by Emily Eddins (Poetry, July 2022)
• How to be a Strong Female Character by Kathryn Pope (Poetry, June 2022)
• On Sundays by Iacyr Anderson Freitas (Prose, May 2022)
• His Heart Has Wheels by Ronald L. Grimes (Prose, April 2022)
• if/in #92 by Darren Demaree (Poetry, March 2022)
• Harbor Station by Blake Kilgore (Prose, February 2022)
• Burning Building by Hailey Gore (Poetry, January 2022)
• Shattered Stars by Cody Wilhelm (Poetry, December 2021)
• Rain in the Heart by Richard Wirick (Fiction, November 2021)
• Joanna Fields: The Culling (Excerpt) by Wolfren Davis (Fiction, October 2021)
• ROSIE by Frank Haberle (Fiction, September 2021)
• After Whiskey & Waiting For Their Arms to Get Tired (Double Feature) by Jennifer Battisti (Poetry, August 2021)
• Dead by Carson Pytell (Poetry, April 2021)

The Door – 2019, 2020

• Three Poems by Bridgette Richardson (poetry; April 2020)
• Highway 50 by Ahsha M. Vigil (fiction; March 2020)
• Amazonians Have a Hundred Words for Green by Gerard Sarnat (poetry; February 2020)
• Your Pet Turtle by William Doreski (poetry; January 2020)
• Poems by Simon Perchik (poetry; December 2019)

This is West – 2017

• “A Breath” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; January 2017).
• “The Adventures of Toast Girl” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; January 2017).
• “The Masterpiece” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; February 2017).
• “Things Lost” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; March 2017).
• “Fetching Apples” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; March 2017).
• “Grimble’s Curiosities” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; April 2017).
• Interview with El Portal’s Incoming Editor (May 2017).

This is West – 2016

• “Red-Pepper Trailer” by Jade Smith (Flash Fiction; January 2016).
• “Light of the World” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; February 2016).
• “Down Range” by  Jade Smith (Flash Fiction; February 2016).
• “Coral and Mesquite” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; February 2016).
• “Dear Samantha” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; March 2016).
• “Skies of Brown, Clouds of Gray” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; March 2016).
• “The Playa” by Jade Smith (Flash Fiction; March 2016).
• “My Unnamed” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; April 2016).
• “A Dirt Town Brown and Cupcakes” by Jade Smith (Flash Fiction; April 2016).
• “Seed of Muse” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; May 2016).
• “A Stillness” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; August 2016).
• “Inherent Process” by Fawn Hon (Flash Fiction; August 2016).
• “Calvin’s Salvage” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; August 2016).
• “A Withered Reflection” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; September 2016).
• “Sediment” by Fawn Hon (Poetry; September 2016).
• “Lawrence of New Mexico” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; September 2016).
• “No Trespassers” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; October 2016).
• “Fortunes” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; October 2016).
• “Still Life with the Plague of Darkness” by Steve Bellin-Oka (Guest Writer; November 2016).
• “Stubborn Old Man” by Wesley Martin (Flash Fiction; December 2016).

This is West – 2015

• “Silencing Rivers” by Jade Smith (Short Story; January 2015).
• “Nothing” and “Marlboro Marlboro” by Alexandra Itzi (Poetry; February 2015).
• “The Well” by Jenni Baros (Short Story; March 2015).
• Interview with El Portal’s new editor (May 2015).
• “Cthonic Cinema” by Gregory Rapp (Short Story; September 2015).
• “The Exchange” by Kayleen Burdine (Flash Fiction; October 2015).
• “Wildflower Ranch” by Jade Smith (Flash Fiction; October 2015).
• “Railroad Crossing” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; October 2015).
• “JJ’s Café” by Jade Smith (Flash Fiction; November 2015).
• “Not Mine” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; November 2015).
• “Winter Nights” by Kayleen Burdine (Poetry; December 2015).
• “Eyes for Living; Hands for Growing” by Alexander Pappalardo (Flash Fiction; December 2015).