REVIEW: “Moonmouse” by S.L. Harris

Review of S.L. Harris, “Moonmouse,” Flash Fiction Online 150 (March 2026): 29-32 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

“People carry their ruin with them wherever they go” (p. 31) is the repeated moral of this story — and yet, despite this grim conclusion about humanity, the story itself is hopeful, almost joyful, a real contrast to the rest of the stories in this issue.

(First published in Short Édition January 2026.)

REVIEW: “The Harrowing of Hell (Third Circle, Sausage Counter, Contracts Office)” by S.L. Harris

Review of S.L. Harris, “The Harrowing of Hell (Third Circle, Sausage Counter, Contracts Office),” Flash Fiction Online 142 (July 2025): 27-30 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

Anyone who has their own story about “terrible summer employment,” this story is for you! Even if you don’t have such a story, read this one anyway, you’ll get some laughs out of it, and we can all use those.