About
matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks. Its initial run was from 2009 to 2021. It reopened in 2024.
The continuing goal of matchbook is to slowly and steadily showcase short prose that reads as a flashlight in dark spaces. Its publishing schedule is intentionally elongated in order to invite multiple readings of any published piece. Short prose (flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and indeterminate forms) should be considered as relevant and powerful as longer work, and requires focused attention and time. The style of work in matchbook can be wide ranging, but will always feel unique, mysterious, and urgent.
ISSN: 2152-8608.
Contact us at editor at matchbooklitmag dot com.
Mailing address
(we do not consider submissions via snail mail):
P.O. Box 23, Hillburn, NY 10931
Staff
Brian Mihok lives near New York City and writes fiction. His novel The Quantum Manual of Style was published by Aqueous Books in 2013. His work has appeared online at American Short Fiction, Tiny Molecules, Cagibi, Vol 1 Brooklyn, Everyday Genius, Fast Company, and elsewhere. He is also a filmmaker.
Marcelle Heath lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, dogs, and tortoise. She is the author of Is that all there is? (Awst Press), a finalist for the 2024 Oregon Book Award. Her work has appeared in Fractured Lit, Joyland, Kenyon Review, Little Fiction, matchbook, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and other journals.
Jeannie Hoag is from northwestern Wisconsin and now lives in a suburb of New York City. She has published a poetry chapbook with Agnes Fox Press, a collaborative book of poems (with Kyle McCord) with Black Lawrence Press, and has occasionally dabbled in the dark art of self-publishing. She is a librarian.
Marie Capasso lives, reads, and writes in The Bronx. You can find her walking great distances in lieu of the subway and will unapologetically listen to the same song on repeat. She will pet any cat she can.
Courtney McEunn received her MFA from Oklahoma State University and is currently living somewhere in Oklahoma with her partner and two beautiful kitties. Her work has appeared in X-R-A-Y, ANMLY, Red Rock Review, 10x10 Flash Fiction Stories, and others.
Editor Emeritus
R. B. Pillay was born and raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. Currently, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His stories have appeared in Big Lucks, The White Review, Paper Darts, and elsewhere.
Co-Founding Editor Emeritus
Edward Mullany lives in New York, where he teaches literature and writing at College of Staten Island. He was raised in Australia, and moved with his family to the United States when he was twelve. He writes fiction and poetry.