AFLW: Excerpt + Q&A with J. Ryan Stradal

Excerpt & Q&A: THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA by J. Ryan Stradal THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA is J. Ryan Stradal’s anticipated follow-up to his bestselling debut novel, KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST. With his signature warmth, detail and exquisitely fine storytelling, Stradal once again delivers a novel worthy of falling in love with. An […]

AFLW: Excerpt + Q&A with Steph Cha

Excerpt & Q&A: YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha In her new novel, YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY, Steph Cha brings her crime-writing prowess to the aftermath of racially charged 90s’ Los Angeles. The result is a page-turning thriller driven by honesty, tension and an unyielding willingness to speak the emotional experience of its characters. […]

AFLW: EXCERPT + Q&A WITH CHRIS TERRY

Chris L. Terry’s new, acclaimed novel, BLACK CARD, presents a stirring examination of racial identity in America as its unnamed narrator is a young, mixed-race man who longs to earn his “black card,” but soon finds it comes with an acute and systemic vulnerability to racism. An excerpt, followed by a Q&A between the author and […]

“CA Lit Journal List” Update

Based in Lagunitas, CA, The Bare Life Review was founded in 2017 as the only literary journal whose sole mission is to publish immigrant and refugee writers. While the impulse behind the journal’s founding was political, and while they recognize fully its political implications, its focus remains wholly artistic. Based in Oakland, CA, Poets Reading the News […]

AFLW: Excerpt from Maria Hummel’s STILL LIVES

Angels Flight * literary west is featuring an excerpt from Maria Hummel‘s new novel STILL LIVES. Hummel’s thriller delves into L.A.’s art world, a sordid place of vice, provocation, violence and, yes, mystery. When the provocateur/artist disappears into the night, a journey begins into the scene’s seedy underbelly, a place where violence is fetishized and secrets remain […]

AFLW: Excerpt from Lilliam Rivera’s DEALING IN DREAMS

Angels Flight * literary west is featuring an excerpt from Lilliam Rivera’s latest, acclaimed YA novel, DEALING IN DREAMS (Simon & Schuster). Rivera creates an intricate dystopian world, where fierce Latina girl gangs rule in order to survive. CHAPTER 8 QUEENS OF THE UNDERGROUND The streets are eerily quiet, which causes me to tighten my guard. We left […]

AFLW: Q&A with Aatif Rashid, author of Portrait of Sebastian Khan

Angels Flight * literary west features an excerpt plus a Q&A between Aatif Rashid and AFLW Fiction Editor Pete Hsu about character development, themes exploring ongoing gender and racial-political issues and a new kind of POC narrative. Aatif Rashid is the author of the novel PORTRAIT OF SEBASTIAN KHAN (713 Books), a uniquely beautiful, compelling and […]

New Art by Trimi for “Asleep For Days”

F(r)iction Magazine’s online imprint has added a new illustration by Trimi for my 2nd-Amendment Afterlife Utopia love story “Asleep For Days” Asleep for Days Words By Peter H.Z. Hsu, Art By Trimi Day 1 A man is driving a full-size luxury sedan on the I-15. He attempts to pass me. I speed up. His car […]

“CA LIT JOURNAL LIST” UPDATE

INSCAPE: The literary journal of the Pasadena City College creative writing department. INSCAPE’s print issue appears in the Spring of each year. PCC Students edit the literary magazine, market the magazine, design the magazine, and put it into print. Submissions for the PRINT issue are exclusively open to people directly associated with PCC, such as […]

“Astronauts” featured in SAGA Literary Journal Volume Four

My short story “Astronauts” is featured in Issue IV of SAGA, the student run literary journal of Long Beach City College. Many thanks to Professor Jason Casem and his team of talented student editors!! 🔥🏝🔥