Skip to content
Electric Literature Logo
Mobile Menu Close Button
  • essays
  • interviews
  • Reading Lists
  • News
  • Lit Mags
  • Support
  • Store
  • About
  • Log In
  • Cart Created with Sketch.
  • Search Button
Facebook Bluesky Instagram
SEARCH
  • essays
  • interviews
  • Reading Lists
  • News
  • Lit Mags
  • Support
  • Store
  • About
Facebook Bluesky Instagram
Cart Created with Sketch. Search Button
Close Button
SEARCH
Lit Mags

The Commuter

Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.

My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Prose

Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion

Two poems by Sarah Chin

Jan 28 - Sarah Chin
poetry

A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin

“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon

Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
Prose
Switch On Symbol

POPULAR in THE COMMUTER

My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett

I’m in Love with My Ex’s Absence

Jan 3 - Christopher Boucher

The Night the World Melted Away

Jul 3 - Tochukwu Okafor
Switch On Symbol

More Issues

Oral Sex Is the Only Honest Prayer

Two poems by Andrea Jurjević

Oct 29 - Andrea Jurjević
poetry

She Stole My Heart and My Favorite Toe

“Darling, Darling,” flash fiction by Riddhi Dastidar

Oct 22 - Riddhi Dastidar
Prose

Psychoanalyzing Desire With a Spam Bot

Two poems by Vincente Perez

Oct 15 - Vincente Perez
poetry

Finding My Voice Was Not on the Syllabus

Three poems by Jen Siraganian

Oct 8 - Jen Siraganian
poetry

The Humanities Building Has Lost Its Humanity

Two prose poems by Jake Levine

Oct 1 - Jake Levine
Prose

The NY Times Connections Destroyed Society and We’re Fine With It

Flash fiction by Pardis Parker

Sep 24 - Pardis Parker
Prose

My Husband’s Dream Woman Will Outlive Me

“3D-Printing the World and Other Dreams,” flash fiction by Nadia Born

Sep 17 - Nadia Born
Prose

Brandy Is My Queer Fairy Godmother

Two poems by Oak Morse

Sep 10 - Oak Morse
poetry

Friendship Is Temporary but Skin Suits Are Forever

“Spareskin,” flash fiction by Tehnuka

Sep 3 - Tehnuka
Prose
Show More

DON’T MISS OUT

Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work.

YOUR INBOX IS LIT

Enjoy strange, diverting work from The Commuter on Mondays, absorbing fiction from Recommended Reading on Wednesdays, and a roundup of our best work of the week on Fridays. Personalize your subscription preferences here.

Thank You!

Contribute to Electric Lit

Help keep the lights on

Support our mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive.

Donate
Electric Literature Logo

Electric Literature is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2009. Our mission is to amplify the power of storytelling with digital innovation, and to ensure that literature remains a vibrant presence in popular culture by supporting writers, embracing new technologies, and building community to broaden the audience for literature.

  • Essays
  • About
  • Conversations
  • Membership
  • Reading Lists
  • Donate
  • News
  • Submissions
  • Lit Mags
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Facebook Bluesky Instagram

Site designed in collaboration with CMYK.

Site designed in collaboration with CMYK.

Powered by WordPress and hosted by Pressable.

Facebook Bluesky Instagram