El Portal Web Features

2022-2023

2021 – 2022

Slim’s Back in Town by Anthony Kane Evans (Fiction, January 2022)
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)
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)

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)

“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).

“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).