vol. 62

Between the Head and the Heart Lines

Alison Gadsby
Published on May 21, 2026

Sibley notices immediately that Arianne Hebert’s life story is scattered across her palm like a handful of freshly tossed pick-up sticks,

//Glue

Matthew Thomas Meade
Published on May 7, 2026

One of the greatest fears of your young life was of running out of glue

Shallow Wounds

Neema Samawi
Published on April 23, 2026

I’m allergic to water. Not deathly, no anaphylaxis involved, just a skin-deep intolerance for that most life-giving of substances

Recent News

RIP: an author, an artist
2 years 3 weeks ago

failbetter is saddened to hear of the untimely passing of one of our most inspiring authors and fb alums, Paul Auster.

2023 Pushcart Nominations
3 years 5 months ago

As always, failbetter is proud to submit our nominations for the annual Pushcart collection

Best of the Net Nod Congrats
3 years 7 months ago


Our congrats go out to Laura Perkins’s whose story Wanted: Girls, 18–25 yrs, 5’7″ & Up was recognized as a fiction finalist for the 2022 Best of The Net Anthology. 

That time of year.... Our 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominees
4 years 5 months ago

We are grateful to the entire fb family whose works graced our pages in 2021, but we are particularly proud to nominate for possible 2022 Pushcart Prize consideration

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