This special anthology is the first one created to deliver that special magic to adults struggling with memory loss, their families, friends and caregivers.

Step into 60 original flash fiction stories that are short enough, between 500 and 750 words, to recall. Get carried along a path of unexpected plots that warm the heart, give chills, stir laughter and surprise.

Meet memorable characters who despite life circumstances reach higher and set their own course; characters who influence opinions about people and situations; characters who inspire.

Class: It's the great unspeakable in a society dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal, with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that believes in the redistributive power of personal ambition, hard work, self-intention and self-definition. It might be the most powerful and intractable of social divisions, its effects potent even within culture, race, or gender. Whether we buy in consciously or not, we are all subject to the shaping power of class.

Thirty contemporary writers help us explore the impact of class and inequality through fiction, memoir, poetry—and some graphs.

The Louisville Review is now an independent non-profit organization, formerly housed at Spalding University. Founded in 1976 at the University of Louisville, it aims to showcase established and new writers. The Fleur-de-Lis Press was launched in 1996 to celebrate 20 years of continuous magazine publication, focusing on publishing first books by authors previously featured in The Louisville Review. The goal of the magazine continues to be to import the best writing to local readers, to export the best local writers to a national readership, and to juxtapose the work of established writers with new writers. Each poem and story submitted to TLR is judged entirely on its own merit whether the author is already nationally known or previously unpublished.

The MacGuffin’s Spring 2018 issue features new poetry by Poet Hunt 23 guest judge, Alberto Álvaro Ríos. Sonja Johanson submits an ode to her favorite amphibians Jim Daniels remembers an important moment in DiPalma’s “Blow Out.” This issue’s prose selections include Brenna Lemieux’s “Following Suit,” a novel family drama with a bit of a twist ending, and Stephen Hundley’s “Elsohn,” a masterful narrative about dealing with the cards that are given to—or forced upon—you. Two pieces of creative nonfiction this time: Tamara Adleman’s “Life Is Short, But Art Is Long” and Barbara Rebbeck’s chilling “The Russians are coming.

When Grace encounters the little horse at the market, she feels a connection. She’s come to western China to teach English — as far away from Kentucky as she possibly can get — but something about the horse reminds her of home, and she knows she has to help it. Adopting the horse stirs memories of her former life, and the man she left behind. 

Told in a masterful braiding of past and present, Of Love and Water is a story of renewal from writer Elizabeth Burton. Burton brings her personal experience of living in western China to the story, sharing glimpses of Uyghur culture and language. Of Love and Water is a work of short fiction. 32 pages.