Kelly Q. Anderson

(picture me jumping up and down on a couch) I’m thrilled to share that Atticus Review has nominated my story ‘The Ghost Can Stay’ for Best of the Net Nominations. Literary Journal Editors are allowed to nominate 6 poems and 2 works of prose, both fiction and nonfiction. The story details what it’s like to […]

A 100-word tribute to the stuffed animal that got my daughter through eye surgery. Love you, PEEG. Love you, Five Minute Lit.

I hate olives. I just do. A hockey stick knocked out my first tooth when I was 6. Weird things I like include pets with human names, miniature things, abandoned shopping malls, and marshmallows. I was a dancer at Disneyworld and Disneyland Paris when I was in high school. I can’t curl my tongue. It’s […]

Watch where you walk…One Sentence Stories are OUT! In collaboration with Off Campus Writers’ Workshop and The Community House, these stories are derived from “Turning Points” (Windy City Press, 2021). Walk the various Community House entrance points to see more (mine is located by the Fitness Center).

I Lose All Willpower By Kelly Q. Anderson Cake in the shower, in the driver’s seatButtercream on the seatbelt, playing on the radioCake on the bad days, cake on the MondaysI can frost any cruel man in sprinklesAnd light his advice on fireWatch waxy smile liquefyHappy birthday to meAs he explains how candles work