Maureen Langloss

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Beautiful Burning Life

April 1, 2024 By Maureen Langloss

I felt like reading you a passage from Vladimir Nabokov's Lectures on Literature. Sorry for the poor video quality. I did this on a lark. It's just me and my iPhone. If I decide to post more video content, I will learn how to do a better job of this! But thanks for indulging me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Franz Kafka, Lectures on Literatre, The Metamorphosis, Vladimir Nabokov

Deliver Us

December 18, 2023 By Maureen Langloss

The opening moments from the Taylor Swift concert

I wrote a story about a character named Taylor Swift, and SmokeLong Quarterly was kind enough to publish it. I'm delighted and grateful to see my work appear beside such talented authors in a literary magazine I have admired for years. I hope you'll read everything in SLQ's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: flash fiction, SmokeLong Quarterly, Taylor Swift

Hop into a Car: A Week of Beginnings

February 13, 2022 By Maureen Langloss

There’s a pre-school across the street from my bedroom window with an inviting red door. I’ve been paying attention to doors and openings lately—and to this door in particular. This morning I watch a father dropping his little girl off for the day. She looks tense about it, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Bryan Washington, Denis Johnson, Doors, Lydia Davis, Robert Vaughan, Windows, Writing

Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize

April 24, 2020 By Maureen Langloss

Copper Nickel published three of my stories in the Spring 2020 print issue, and I am delighted to announce the magazine has awarded me their Editors' Prize in Prose for Issue 30 for the "most exciting" work in the issue as determined by a vote of their full staff. This was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Copper Nickel, flash fiction

Cut on the Bias

September 30, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

"It gives you satisfaction to be a woman tying men down. When you see your work cinched under the Adam’s apples of men on the street, you open a button on your blouse. You let the wind have at your throat. At least this, you think." My latest flash fiction, "Cut on the Bias," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: flash fiction, PANK

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The Cost of Dragons

I’m thrilled to have three new hybrid pieces in the gorgeous last issue of RUBY: “The Cost of Dragons,” “I Never Made the Toast,” and “Anti-ode to the Egg.” I have loved this food-focused literary magazine since its conception and am very sad to see the project end. But it is a joy to be […]

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The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp

I have a new story, “The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp,” in Wigleaf today. Wigleaf is one of my very favorite literary magazines; it is a place I go when I need to read something that resonates deeply. I hope my piece resonates in some way with you. I’m grateful to Scott Garson for his smart […]

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